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Ecosystem
-area that contains biota
-could be natural or man made in origiin
Flora
Fauna
Microorganism
Biota refers to
Biotic and abiotic
Features of an ecosystem
A to b
A to A
B to A
B to b
Interactions of those components
Intraspecific
Interspecific
in b to b interaction there are sub interaction what are those?
Phtosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Energy Conversion
Roy Clapham
who develope the term “ECOSYSTEM” around 1930
Ecotope
ecosystem later defined it using the term ??
Biotic compoennts
ecosystem liare the living organism that ecxist in the system
-producer/ consumer / decompose
Autotrophs
-aka producer
-capture the suns energy through photosynthesis
Heterotrophs
-aka consumers/ macroconsumers
Herbivore
eat only plants
omnivore
eat bothplant and animal
Carnivores
eat only animals
decomposers
]-aka microconsumers
Biome
-aka life zones
Ecotopes
-smallest eclogically distinct landscape features
-combination of a and b factors
Patch
ecotope into
Patch
nonlinear surface area differing in appearance from its sorrounding
Ecotone
transition area between two adjacent but different plant communities (foes and grassland)
Edge effect
increased variety of plants as well as animals at community iss called
Biotope
an area where life lives
-bios=life; topos= place
Microecosystem
critical environmenta; factors within small or tiny spaces
Quantitative Method
collecting numerical data
Quadrat Method
define a fixed area called plot
-rectangular frame
Transect Method
establishment of baseline along which sampling is conducted
Belt Transect Method
rectangular plot that iss divided into regular blocks
elongated quadrat
/Abundance
estimates quantity of species
Density
measured by actual count, per unit area
Frequency
% of sample plots in which a species group appears
Richness
number of species occuring in a study area
Biomass
dry weight of total vegetation/ target species inside a quadrat
