Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere - Scope of Ecology (50A) Flashcards

Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

193002820	ecology	the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
193002821	abiotic factors	Non-living chemical and physical factors such as temperature, light, water, and nutrients
193002822	biotic factors	the living components
193002823	ecological time	minutes, months, years
193002824	evolutionary time	decades, centuries, millenia, and longer
193002825	organismal ecology	the behavioral, physiological, and morphological ways individuals interact with the environment
193002826	population	a group of individuals of the same species living in a particular geographic area
193002827	population ecology	the study of factors that affect population size and composition
193002828	community	consists of all organisms of all the species that inhabit a particular area
193002829	community ecology	examines the interactions between populations, and how factors such as predation, competition, and disease affect community structure and organization
193002830	ecosystem	consists of all the abiotic factors in addition to the entire community of species that exist in a certain area
193002831	ecosystem ecology	the energy flow and cycling of chemicals among the various abiotic and biotic components
193002832	landscape ecology	the array of ecosystems and their arrangement in a geographic region
193002833	landscape/seascape	consists of several different ecosystems linked by exchanges of energy, materials, and organisms.