Introduction to Biology II

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Introduction to Biology II

• Biology 1312

Spring 2007
Dr. Brad Hoge
Ecology and The Biosphere
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Jane Goodall
Ernst Haeckel
Robert MacArthur
Rachel Carson
E.O. Wilson
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Ecology

• Biotic
• Organisms
• systems
• Abiotic
• Physical
• Chemical

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Time

• Ecological Time
• Evolutionary Time (Geologic Time)
• A Brief History of Life on Earth

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Biotic Factors

• Niche Space
• Behavior
• Dispersal
• Limiting Resources
• Predation

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Abiotic Factors

• Climate
• Water
• Environment

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Global Climate

• Zones
• Ocean Circulation
• Air Circulation
• Weather
• Seasons
• Cycles
• Water
• Carbon

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Biomes
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Aquatic

• Littoral
• Limnetic
• Profundal Zone
• Benthos
• Oligotrophic Lakes
• Eutrophic Lakes
• Mesotrophic Lakes

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Riparian

• Rivers and Streams
• Flood Plains

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Wetlands

• Estuaries
• Marshes
• Swamps

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Oceans

• Intertidal
• Neritic
• Continental Shelf
• Coral Reefs
• Pelagic
• Abyssal Plains
• Mid-Ocean Vents
• Benthic

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Polar

• Taiga
• Tundra
• Permafrost
• Alpine

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Temperate

• Deciduous Forest
• Old Growth Forests
• Rainforests
• Coniferous Forest
• Grasslands
• Prairie
• Savanna
• Chaparral
• Steppes

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Deserts

• 300 Latitudes
• High Deserts
• Arctic and Antarctic

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Tropical

• Rain Forest
• Canopy
• Emergents
• Epiphytes
• Desertification

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Climate Change

• Boundary Conditions
• Long-Term Climate Change
• Glacial Cycles
• Volcanism
• Plate Tectonics
• Anthropogenic Factors

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Population Ecology

• Populations
• Density
• Dispersal
• Diversity
• Richness

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Life Histories

• Reproduction
• Population Growth
• Carrying Capacity
• Limiting Factors
• Life Tables
• Survivorship Curve
• Reproductive Rates

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Reproductive Strategies

• Ovipary
• Ovivivipary
• Vivipary
• Semelparity
• Iteroparity

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Population Growth

• Growth Curves
• DN/Dt B D
• Zero population growth
• Exponential population growth
• Population crash

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Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factors
• Predation
• Lotka-Volterra Equations
• Environmental Change
• Succession
• Anthropogenic

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