BIOL 1720 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ecological Niche, Nitrogen Cycle, Foundation Species
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Chapter 52-an introduction to ecology and the biosphere. Define global ecology, landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, community ecology, population ecology, organismal ecology, Earth"s climate : macroclimate, microclimate, global climate patterns, global air circulation and. Regional and local effects on climate: seasonality, large bodies of water, and mountains. The structure and distribution of terrestrial biomes are controlled by climate and disturbance: climate and. Aquatic biomes are diverse and dynamic systems that cover most of earth: zonation in aquatic biomes, Chapter 53- population ecology population density, dispersion- patterns of dispersion,, and demographics-life table, cohort, survivorship. Curves, reproductive rates, reproductive table; type i, type ii, and type iii evolution and life history. The exponential model describing population growth in an idealized, unlimited environment, exponential. Factors that regulate population growth are density dependent, population dynamics, regional patterns of population change, Interspecific interactions: competition, predation, herbi vory, symbiosis (parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism), facilitation. Competition: define ecological niche, competitive exclusion, resource partitioning.
