introduction to biology
- Created by: LillianA2003
- Created on: 24-03-22 13:03
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- introduction to ecology
- origin
- term introduced by Ernest Haeckel in 1866
- Greek origin
- 'oikos' meaning home
- 'logia' meaning the study of
- primary interests
- distribution
- where they are
- abundance
- how many are there of them
- interactions
- between the distribution and abundance
- distribution
- abiotic / biotic factors
- abiotic factors
- non living (e.g. temperature)
- biotic factors
- living organisms (e.g. crocodile / any living organism)
- abiotic factors
- organisational levels in ecology
- biosphere
- harder to predict
- high complexity
- ecosystem
- community
- population
- organisms
- easier to predict
- low complexity
- biosphere
- origin
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