BIOL 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Pantala Flavescens, Dust Storm, Biome
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Insects are related to the resources and vegetation type in that region: you can define the biome by the vegetation type, chestnut - eastern deciduous, can determine what biome will be deemed in a population. What we will find there in terms of vegetation! Ecosystem: boundaries are not easily defined can"t be in one ecosystem while also in another, energy is essentially a one-way street, trophic structure of a system. Insects can be moved by and migrate with zones of atmospheric convergence. Itcz: place between two large convection cells where air is being lifted. Insects are taking advantage of this rainfall: ex: monarch butterfly, frontal convergence. Ecosystems are complex systems that can be characterized by their structure and function: function: looking a the rate at which material is moving between the boxes. Ecosystems tend to be organized; pool of storage. How do ecologists address the taxonomic, temporal and spatial complexity in ecosystems: phosphorus is more important in aquatic systems.
