ECOSYSTEMS

Elements of an Ecosystem

An Ecosystem includes all of the living elements and Non-living elements in a particular place that exist between those things.Living Elements (Biocoenosis)

Non-Living Elements (Biotope)

Relationship

Living things in a Ecosystem

Population is a group of organisms that live together and are of the same speciesCommunity is a collection of different populations that live together in one place

Population

Community

Types of Relationships

Intraspecific relationships exist between individual members of the same speciesInterspecific relationships exist between individual members of different species

Intraspecific Interspecific

Trophic relationships and food chain

In a Ecosystem we can group organisms by the things that they feed on.

Each group forms a different trophic level.

The interrelations between organism on different

trophic levels represents the FOOD CHAIN

Food Web

Food web represents all the different food chains within an ecosystem

Types of Ecosystems(Natural)

Natural Ecosystem develop without human intervention. An oak forest is a natural ecosystem

Aquatic

Natural Ecosystem

Terrestrial

Types of Ecosystems(Humanized)

Humanized ecosystem exist because of human intervention. Cities, Towns and Farmers´ fields are humanized ecosystem

Cities Towns Farmers´ fields

The Taiga

Living Elements of the Taiga

The taiga has these living elements

Living elements

Non-living elements of the taiga

The Taiga has these non –living elements

Non-living elements

Populations and communities of the Taiga

Populations of the taiga

Communities of the taiga

Trophic level of the taiga

Food chain of the taiga

This is a food chain of the taiga

Food web of the Taiga

Finish