Slide 1 INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY Lecture 21 Slide 2 Overview: Discovering Ecology Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment…

Slide 1 Ecology Lecture 6 Ralph Kirby Slide 2 Adaptation of Animals to their environment The environments on Earth vary greatly. See earlier lectures Therefore animals (and…

Slide 1 Ecology Lecture 5 Ralph Kirby Slide 2 What is Decomposition Decomposition is the breakdown of the chemical structure of living organisms that occurs on death of those…

Slide 1 Ecology Lecture 7 Ralph Kirby Slide 2 Population (Ecology) –Group of individuals of the same species inhabiting the same area Interbreeding if sexual Limited in…

Slide 1 Ecology Lecture 11 Life History Patterns 2 Slide 2 Overview  A mating system includes  how members of a particular species (or population) choose and bond with…

Slide 1 ECOLOGY LECTURE 1 Professor Ralph Kirby Faculty of Life Sciences Extension 7323 Room B322 Slide 2 What is Ecology?  Scientific study of the relationships between…

Slide 1 Ecology Lecture 3 Ralph Kirby Slide 2 What is soil Before life invaded the land from the sea, there was probably little that looked like soil today Dust like Mars…

Slide 1 Ecology Lecture 12 Slide 2 Landscape Ecology Ecological system aare made up of mosaics of patches containing different ecologies Landscape ecology studies how these…

Slide 1 BSC 385 - Ecology Lecture 8 Water Relations - Chapter 5 Water movement in aquatic organisms Water movement in plants Water acquisition and utilization in terrestrial…

Ecology Lecture 10 Life History Patterns 1 Topics covered (both Life History Lectures) Sexual selection What criteria do individuals use to choose mates? Mating systems How…