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What Is Ecology
What Is Ecology
What Is Ecology
Greek origin
OIKOS = household
LOGOS = study of
Study of the house/environment in which
we live.
light
water
wind
nutrients in soil
heat
solar radiation
atmosphere, etc.
AND
Living organisms
Plants
Animals
microorganisms in soil, etc.
For non-living
(abiotic)
Climatology
Hydrology
Oceanography
Physics
Chemistry
Geology
soil analysis, etc.
For living
(biotic)
animal
behavior
Taxonomy
Physiology
mathematics
(population
studies)
etc.
Ecology
caribou
tundra
Nonliving
Tundra
dead organic
matter
nutrients in the
soil and water.
Producers
green plants
Consumers
Decomposers
Tundra
Caribou
herbivores and
carnivores
fungi and
bacteria
ECOLOGY:
Levels of Organization
- a hierarchy of organization
in the environment
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Very complex
Can contain 100s to 1000s of interacting
species.
THEN
Ecology is an integrated and
dynamic study of the environment.