Ecology

Organismal ecology

Focused on specific organism’s physiology and behavior; and how it interacts with its environment

Population ecology

Looks at how a population grows and shrinks in response to its enviroment changing

Community ecology

Analysizes how different populations interact with a community, such as competition for resources

Ecosystem ecology

Seeks to understand how energy flows between organisms and the enviroment

Biosphere

Encompasses the sum of all the planets ecosystem

Global ecology

Looks at how energy is transferred across the world and how organisms distribute themselves

Forests & Climate

Forests absorb and reflect less solar radiation; Cools the surface of the planet; increase shade, decrease soil evaporation and wind; reduce extreme temperatures

Biotic factos

The living factors of the ecosystem

Abiotic factors

The non-living factors that contribute to ecosystem

Global climate change

Climate change is moving the range of plants and animals as tempatures rise and CO2 increases; Some speices can make the migration; Lower elevations get less water because less rain on mountains;

What characterized biomes

Vegetation on land biomes; physical characteristics in water biomes;