Order
Sensitivity
Growth, development, reproduction
Regulation
The Scientific Method
Variable
Control variable?
Experimental variable
Evolution
Darwin
Fossil beds in South America
Giant land tortoises
Giant extinct glyptodonts/armadillos
Finches on the Galapagos
People - geometrically/food - arithmetically.
Survival of the fittest
"On the Origin of Species"
Homologous structures
Analogous structures
Ontogeny recapitulates Phylogeny
Population Dynamics:
Population dynamics
Human food Resources = Arithmetically who stated this in the 1800's?
Community.
Ecosystems.
Biomes
Niche
Population Concepts:
Population size
Population Growth:
Biotic potential
Equation: dN/dt = ri N
Actual rate of increase
Emigration
Immigration
Carrying capacity
Density-Dependent Effects
Density-Independent Effects
Population Dispersion
Net productivity
Optimum yield
The sigmoid growth curve
K strategists
R strategists
Mortality and Survivorship:
Age distribution
Generation time
Survivorship
Mortality curves
Demography
Stable population
Population pyramids
Interspecific competition
Intraspecific competition
Gause
Competitive Exclusion Principle:
Niche
Fundamental niche
Realized niche
Climax Community
Coevolution
Morphological Defenses
Chemical Defenses
Secondary Chemical Compounds
Speciation
Aposematic Coloration
Batesian Mimicry
Mullerian Mimicry
Symbiosis
Commensalism
Mutualism
Systems Ecology
Ecotones
Biogeochemical Cycles
Water Cycle
Evaporation
Transpiration
Precipitation
Runoff
Percolation
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
N2 inorganic
NH3
N2O
Legumes
Ammonification
Denitrification
Oxygen Cycle
Phosphorous cycle
Superphosphate
Energy Flow in Ecosystems:
Autotrophs
Hetertrophs
Primary Productivity
Gross Primary Productivity
Net Primary Productivity
Biomass
Trophic Levels
Primary Consumers
Secondary consumers
Decomposers
Food chain
Food Web
Ecological Pyramids
Pyramid of biomass
Pyramid of Numbers
Pyramid of energy
Ecological Succe...