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Slide 1 Chapter 54 Community Ecology Slide 2 Reminder: Earth Day April 22 nd, 2010 Slide 3 Earth Day 2010 (40th anniversary of Earth day) Slide 4 Iowa DNR 2009 self- assessment…

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Slide 1 Ecology and Humans Chapters 3, 4 (up to biomes), 5, 8 Slide 2 Levels of Organization in Ecology  Ecology is the study of interactions among organisms and between…

Slide 1 Communities & Ecosystems Chapters 53-54 Slide 2 Communities A community is an assemblage of populations in an area or habitat. Are species in a community independent…