FUNCTIONAL ECOSYSTEM (MIDTERMS)

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