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Ecology and the Biosphere > The Scope of Ecology
Introduction to Ecology
• In ecology, ecosystems are composed of organisms, the communities they
comprise, and the non-living aspects of their environment.
• The four main levels of study in ecology are the organism, population,
community, and ecosystem.
• Ecosystem processes are those that sustain and regulate the environment.
• Ecological areas of study include topics ranging from the interactions and
adaptations of organisms within an ecosystem to the abiotic processes that drive
the development of those ecosystems.
Levels of ecological study
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Ecology and the Biosphere
Key terms
• community a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
• ecology the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other
• ecophysiology the study of the relationships between, and adaptation of, the physiology of an organism and its environment
• ecosystem a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit
• population a collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of
living in a given area
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Ecology and the Biosphere
Wild lupine
The wild lupine (Lupinus perennis) is the host plant for the Karner blue butterfly.
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Ecology and the Biosphere
Ecology is:
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Ecology is:
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In population ecology,
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In population ecology,
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Organismal ecology:
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Organismal ecology:
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Ecology and the Biosphere
A) community ecology
B) population ecology
C) organismal ecology
D) ecosystem ecology
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A) community ecology
B) population ecology
C) organismal ecology
D) ecosystem ecology
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Ecology and the Biosphere
A) ecosystem ecology
B) mutualistic ecology
C) community ecology
D) none of these
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A) ecosystem ecology
B) mutualistic ecology
C) community ecology
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