Слайд 1Lecture 6
Ecology
Bases of Biological Sciences
Слайд 2Ecology
Ecology is the scientific analysis and study of interactions among organisms and their
environment
Put individual organisms together, they can interact with each other
and their environments to create something larger than the sum of this parts
Слайд 3Hierarchy of biological systems
Tiers of ecological order:
Molecule
Organelle
Cell
Tissue
Organs
Organism
System of organs
Population
Biocenoses
Ecosystems
Biome
Biosphere
Слайд 4Population
Population is a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species,
which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability
of interbreeding
Density of population:
born and immigration (+)
death and emigration (-)
dispersion
fecundity
Слайд 5Population growth
Limiting factors of population growth:
food
temperature
mates
space
Limiting factors:
density-dependent
density-independent
Слайд 6Population growth
Carrying capacity of habitat is the maximum population size
of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given
the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment
Слайд 8Hierarchy of biological systems
Tiers of ecological order:
Molecule
Organelle
Cell
Tissue
Organs
Organism
System of organs
Population
Biocenoses
Ecosystems
Biome
Biosphere
Слайд 9Community
Community (biocenosis) is an assemblage or association of populations of two or more different
species occupying the same geographical area and in a particular
time.
Слайд 10Interspecific interactions
Predation – the predator species benefits while the prey
species is harmed (+/-)
Competition – species can compete with each other for
finite resources
Mutualism – interaction in which both species benefit (+/+)
Parasitism – one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host (+/-)
Commensalism – one organism benefits while the other organism is neither benefited nor harmed (+/0)
Amensalism – a product of one organism has a negative effect on another organism (+/-)
Слайд 12Community ecology
Community ecology studies how the interactions between community members
and their environment affect how much of each species there
are within a community
Слайд 13Hierarchy of biological systems
Tiers of ecological order:
Molecule
Organelle
Cell
Tissue
Organs
Organism
System of organs
Population
Biocenoses
Ecosystems
Biome
Biosphere
Слайд 14Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their
environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as
a system
Ecosystem ecology explores how energy and materials flow through an ecosystem, and how the physical environment impacts the living organisms
A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. Habitat provides area (living or non-living)
Слайд 15Food chain
Food chain is a succession of organisms in an ecological community that are linked to each other through the transfer of energy and nutrients
Producers
Consumers:
primary (herbivorous)
secondary
(carnivorous)
tertiary
final
Decomposers (Detritivores)
Слайд 19Ecological pyramid
Biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in
a given area or ecosystem at a given time
Ecosystem productivity is the
rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem
Ecosystem efficiency describes the efficiency with which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next
Слайд 20Ecological pyramid
Ecological pyramid is a graphical representation designed to show
the biomass or bio productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem
Слайд 21Hierarchy of biological systems
Tiers of ecological order:
Molecule
Organelle
Cell
Tissue
Organs
Organism
System of organs
Population
Biocenoses
Ecosystems
Biome
Biosphere
Слайд 22Biome
A biome is a formation of plants and animals that have common characteristics due to similar
climates and can be found over a range of continents
Usually
a biome is named after its predominant vegetation association:
grassland
rainforests
tundra
…
Слайд 23Biome vs Ecosystem
A biome encompasses numerous smaller-scale ecosystems and is
general and global
A biome is the biotic community of a
large-scale ecosystem, the abiotic components are implied as the shaping factors of a biome
Слайд 24Shaping factors
Extreme (high, low), moderate:
Water (rainfall, precipitation)
Temperature (sunlight, air, ocean
flows)
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Temperature
Water
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Biodiversity
Слайд 26Diversity of biomes
Temperature
Water
Plants
Animals
Слайд 27Hierarchy of biological systems
Tiers of ecological order:
Molecule
Organelle
Cell
Tissue
Organs
Organism
System of organs
Population
Biocenoses
Ecosystems
Biome
Biosphere
Слайд 28Biosphere
The biosphere is the global sum of all ecosystems
The living organisms are affected
by both biotic and abiotic factors they live within
In their
turn, they change the environment: climate, chemical makeup, geology of our planet
Слайд 30Vocabulary 6
hierarchy
tiers
fecundity
biocenosis (pl. biocenoses)
predator
prey
host
parasite
to benefit
at the expense
to harm
environment
encompass
shaping factor
tundra
taiga
rainforest
steppe
desert
prairie
savanna
coniferous forests
habitat
biotic
and abiotic factors
rainfall
precipitation
moderate/extreme temperatures
producers
consumers
decomposers
detritivore
herbivorous animal