BIO-1802 Chapter Notes - Chapter 54: Wind Chill, Ecosystem Ecology, Population Ecology
16 Aug 2016
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Ch 54- an intro to ecology and biomes. Organismal ecology investigates how adaptations and choices by individuals affect their reproduction and survival: organismal ecology can be divided into two subdisciplines: Physiological ecology- investigates how organisms are physiologically adapted to their environment and how the environment impacts the distribution of species. Behavioral ecology- focuses on how the behavior of an individual organism contributes to its survival and reproductive success, which eventually affects the population density of the species. Population ecology describes how populations grow and interact with other species o. Population ecology focuses on group of interbreeding individuals, called populations: a primary goal is to understand the factors that affect a population"s growth and determine its size and density o. Population ecology includes the study of species interactions, such as predation, competition, and parasitism. Community ecology focuses on what factors influence the number of species in a given area o.
