BIOL 1111- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 113 pages long!)

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Biology is the study of life and everything about it. The (cid:3247)ology(cid:3248)s ology = the study of. Biogeography - the distribution of plants and animals geographically. Zoogeography - the distribution of animals geographically. Phytogeography - the distribution of plants geographically. Paleontology - the distribution of plants and animals through time (fossils) Ecology - interactions of an organism with its environment ( natural history ) Limnology - freshwater ecology (ie. fish, insects, algae, and acid rain) Wildlife management - conservation/study of animals and their habitats. Game - those traditionally hunted or fished. Nongame - animals and plants not hunted or fished; includes endangered. Vertebrate zoology - the study of all animals with backbones and everything about them. Mammalogy: mammals, ornithology: birds, herpetology: reptiles/amphibians, ichthyology: fishes. Invertebrate zoology - the study of animals without backbones (ie. insects, lobsters, spiders) Parasitology - parasites: organisms that live on/in another organism (endoparasite, ectoparasite)