BIOL457 Study Guide - Final Guide: Polyp, Null Hypothesis, Cluster Analysis
22 Apr 2014
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Lecture 1 syllabus, definitions and history of community ecology, definitions of communities: extended example (coral reefs) Study of the interactions of whole organisms with the biotic and abiotic environment. Human health and medicine: disease, toxins, malnutrition. Agriculture and natural resources: forestry and fishery, pest management. Transfer of techniques to other disciplines: models of cultural change in sociology, genetic algorithms in computer science. Environment and conservation: bioremediation, effects of climate change, loss of biodiversity, fresh water supplies. The study of 2 or more interacting species. Organizational hierarchy: sub-organism whole organism population community ecosystem landscape. Complete separation and distinctions between the levels are artificial. You should understand one level above and below. Closely integrated system with birth, growth, maturation, development and death (homeostasis, repair) Species rise and fall with each other in growth and abundance. Random assemblages of species that happen to have the same growth requirements (may or may not interact) Species growth and abundance increase and fall at different rates.
