BIO205H5 Chapter Notes -Ernst Haeckel, Scientific Method, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
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1. 1 ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their environment. 1. 2 organisms interact with the environment in the context of the ecosystem. Goal of all living organisms: to pass on their genes. Ecosystem is the environment in which each organism carry out its struggle for existence. Organisms" interactions with the abiotic environment also modifies it, organisms become part of environment. Population is a group of individuals of the same species in an area. Landscapes are formed by multiple ecosystems in an area, with liked processes of exchange of energy and materials, and dispersal of organisms. Biomes are areas of similar types of ecosystems. Biosphere is everything on earth that supports life. 1. 4 ecologists study pattern and process at many levels. Ecosystem flow of energy and nutrients through physical and biological systems. Landscape spatial pattern of exchange of energy and nutrients between ecosystems. Biomes various distributions of species across different ecosystems.
