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    This document discusses key concepts in ecology including niche, community interactions, food chains and webs, cycling of matter, population dynamics, biodiversity, and threats to biodiversity. It defines niche as a species' use of biotic and abiotic resources. It describes different types of community interactions such as competition, symbiosis, predation, and trophic levels in food chains and webs. It also discusses the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles. Population dynamics are influenced by limiting factors and growth rates. Biodiversity provides many benefits but is threatened by issues like acid precipitation, bio-magnification, introduced species, eutrophication, and mass extinction.

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    This document discusses key concepts in ecology including niche, community interactions, food chains and webs, cycling of matter, population dynamics, biodiversity, and threats to biodiversity. It defines niche as a species' use of biotic and abiotic resources. It describes different types of community interactions such as competition, symbiosis, predation, and trophic levels in food chains and webs. It also discusses the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles. Population dynamics are influenced by limiting factors and growth rates. Biodiversity provides many benefits but is threatened by issues like acid precipitation, bio-magnification, introduced species, eutrophication, and mass extinction.

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    Unit 1 Ecology

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    This document discusses key concepts in ecology including niche, community interactions, food chains and webs, cycling of matter, population dynamics, biodiversity, and threats to biodiversity. It defines niche as a species' use of biotic and abiotic resources. It describes different types of community interactions such as competition, symbiosis, predation, and trophic levels in food chains and webs. It also discusses the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles. Population dynamics are influenced by limiting factors and growth rates. Biodiversity provides many benefits but is threatened by issues like acid precipitation, bio-magnification, introduced species, eutrophication, and mass extinction.

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    Ecology

    Niche
    2.1 Community interactions
    The sum of a
    species’ use of
    the biotic and
    abiotic resources
    in its
    environment.

    Ecosystem
    Community
    Populations
    Individuals
    Environment
    2.1 Community interactions

    Competition

    Competitive
    exclusion
    2.1 Community interactions

    Symbiosis

    Mutualism

    Commensalism Parasitism
    2.1 Community interactions

    Predation

    Predator and
    prey
    2.2 Community interactions

    Predation
    90%
    sunlight Food Chain loss

    Producer Primary Secondary Tertiary


    consumer consumer consumer
    Detritivore/decomposer
    Trophic Levels
    Food Web
    2.2 Community interactions

    Predation

    Photo-

    Autotroph A Chemo-

    Herbivore
    Carnivore
    Heterotroph H Omnivore

    Nutrition types
    2.3 Cycling of matter

    The water cycle


    2.3 Cycling of matter

    The carbon cycle


    2.3 Cycling of matter

    The nitrogen cycle


    4.1 Population dynamics

    Population limiting factors

    Drought / flooding Predation

    Disease
    Extreme heat / cold

    Parasites
    Tornadoes
    Competition

    Hurricanes

    Density-independent factors (abiotic) Density-dependent factors (biotic)


    4.1 Population dynamics

    Population growth rate

    Birthrate +
    Mortality -
    Immigration+
    Emigration -
    Logistic growth
    Exponential growth
    5.2 Biodiversity

    The importance of biodiversity

    The Marianas bat The rosy periwinkle Coral reef


    5.2 Biodiversity
    Threats

    Acid precipitation

    Bio-magnification
    5.2 Biodiversity

    Introduced species

    Eutrophication
    5.2 Biodiversity

    Mass extinction

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