BIOB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tropics, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Atmospheric Circulation
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What is ecology? the distribtuion and abudance of organisms (interactions abiotically and biotically) They said they"re was a balance in nature, so disruptions would stabilize (equilibrium ) Each organism has distinct role in marinating the blanace. Life would not exist without interactions between living things. Dna -> cells -> tissue -> organs / organ systems -> organism -> population -> community -> biosphere. We are a carbon based life form, basic purpose is to obtain carbon. Energy and resources to make life are limited (this is also where natural selection occurs) Number one rule of life = have lots of babies. Community egology = consists of grass and plants ie. evniroment. Energy is lost through respiration, but not recycled. Energy comes from sun and capture by = autotrophs energy moves through ecosystems through heterophs who pass energy and. The earth is an open system for energy and a closed system for. Achieve the highest possible fitness for life to continue.
