BIOL-1116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ecosystem Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Population Ecology

• School: University of Winnipeg
• Department: BIOLOGY
• Course: BIOL-1116
• Professor: Dr.Forbes

Document Summary

Chapter 52: define ecology, organismal ecology, population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology, biosphere, global ecology. Ecology: the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment. Organismal ecology: studies how an organism"s structure, physiology and (for animals) behaviour meet environmental challenges. Population ecology: focuses on factors affecting how many individuals of a species live in an area. Community ecology: deals with the whole array of interacting species in a community. Ecosystem ecology: emphasizes energy flow and chemical cycling among the various biotic and abiotic components. Landscape ecology: deals with arrays of ecosystems and how they are arranged in a geographic region. Biosphere: the globals ecosystem, the sum of all the planet"s ecosystems. Global ecology: examines the influence of energy and materials on organisms across the biosphere. Chapter 53: define and distinguish between the following set of terms: density and dispersion;