BIOL 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rain Shadow, Primary Production, Biogeography
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Learning objectives: chapter 52 - an introduction to ecology. Important figures: 52. 1, 52. 2, 52. 4, 52. 5, 52. 7, 52. 9, 52. 20, Important terms: ecology, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, biogeography, dispersal, rain shadow, biome, net primary productivity (npp), ocean upwelling, lake turnover, thermocline. Be able to list the five levels of ecological inquiry (table 52. 1) and give examples. Be able to define conservation biology as a separate field of ecology. Also consider how conservation overlaps with the social sciences, such as anthropology and political science. Know that both abiotic and biotic factors affect species distributions. Understand the importance of temperature as a master variable. Be able to relate fitness tradeoffs to species distributions. Know species interactions, such as competition or parasitism, can affect species distributions. Explain how historical patterns and dispersal can affect the distribution of a species. Understand the distinction between an exotic and an invasive species. Be able to explain the logic behind the conclusion in figure 52. 4.
