Introduction To Ecology
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Introduction to Ecology
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What is Ecology
• The study of how organisms interact with their environment
• All organisms must interact with both living and nonliving things that surround them
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Levels of Organization
• To add to our list of the levels of organization:– Cells Tissues Organs Organ
Systems Organisms Population Community Ecosystem Biosphere
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The environment
• Made up of all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism.
• Vocabulary:– Abiotic Factors– Biotic Factors
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Environment vs Habitat
• Many species can survive in more than one environment.
• But each species has its “home” or habitat. – Fish may be able to
live in fish tanks, but would rather live in the wild
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Basic Concept of Ecology
• The fundamental idea behind the study of ecology is that all organisms are interdependent.
• They interact with one another and the physical environment.
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What do organisms need to survive?
• Basic requirements for survival include:– Food – Water– Shelter
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Competition
• An important aspect of the struggle for survival involves competition for limited resources– Food– Water – Shelter– Sunlight
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Limiting Factors
• Limiting factors are factors that affect the population size of a species in a specific environment.
• They can be abiotic or biotic.
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Predator – Prey relationship
• Predators are a biotic limiting factor.
• They control population size by feeding on prey.
• There is a delicate balance that needs to be maintained.
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Carrying Capacity
• When all the limiting factors are considered together we can determine the maximum number of organisms that can survive in an area.
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How do we determine the Carrying Capacity of a
Species?• All limiting factors
must be taken into consideration.
• It is very difficult to determine the actual carrying capacity.
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The Lesson of the Kaibab Deer
• Purpose: – to graph data on the
Kaibab deer population of Arizona from 1905~1939
– to analyze the methods responsible for the changes in the deer population
– to propose a management plan for the Kaibab deer population
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Kaibab Forest: North Rim of the Grand Canyon
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Key Idea
• All organisms have the ability to produce populations of unlimited size
• But their environment keeps their numbers in check.
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Review of Types of Nutrition
• Autotrophic• Heterotrophic
Which is heterotrophic and which Autotrophic?
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Categories of Populations
• Populations are labeled by the function they serve in the ecosystem – Producers– Consumers– Decomposers
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So what is a Food Chain?
• A food chain shows a one way flow of energy in an ecosystem
• It may not be the only way energy flows in the ecosystem
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Food Webs
• When all of the food chains of an ecosystem are considered we can draw up a food web
• It shows all of the possible paths that energy can take in an ecosystem
• It also shows how organisms are dependant on each other in the ecosystem
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Recycling
• Who is ultimately responsible for the recycling of nutrients? – Decomposers
• What gets recycled?– Minerals – Nutrients
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Recycling
• What else gets recycled?– Carbon Dioxide– Water– Carbon
• The energy from the Sun keeps the cycle going
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Carbon Cycle
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Water Cycle
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Energy Pyramid
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Energy Pyramid
• There is more energy available at the bottom
• There are more organisms at the bottom
• There is less energy at the top• There are less organisms at the top• Energy is lost as you go up the
pyramid, mostly as heat
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Energy Pyramid!!!
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