BIO 1306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Microclimate, Evaporation, Tropical Year
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Ecology - interacts between organisms + the environment // considers the distribution + abundance of organisms. Organismal ecology - structure, physiology, + behavior meet environmental changes. Population ecology - factors affecting a population, a subgroup of species, over time. Community ecology - all + different species interacting // including physical factors too. Ecosystem ecology - cycling among communities // abiotic factors (weather/temp/climate) Landscape ecology - mosaic of connected ecosystems exchanges across them (energy/organisms/etc. ) Global ecology - biosphere is global sum of all ecosystems. i. e. global warming. Global air circulation + precipitation patterns drive climate patterns. Evaporation takes place in the tropics // then rise + cool and rain in the tropics // then dry falling air creates arid climates 30 n and s. Cooling trade winds east to west in tropics // west to west in temperate. Seasons angles of the sun"s rays on the earth"s surface // varies.
