BIO 101 UNIT V OUTLINE

 
Ecology
 Organization
 Populations
 Communities
 Ecosystems
 Biomes
 Biosphere
 Properties of populations
 Growth curves
 rate of increase
 log growth
 limiting factors
 log death
 Carrying capacity
 Age distribution
 Mortality patterns
 Histograms
 Distribution
 random
 clumped
 regular
 Reproductive strategies
 r selected
 k selected
 early vs. late
 asexual vs. sexual
 small vs large
 parthenogenesis
 Community interaction
 Competition
 intraspecific
 interspecific
 interference
 exploitative
 Competitive exclusion
 Ecological niche
  fundamental
 realized
 Predation
 predator prey interaction
 coevolution
 effect on population dynamics
 Symbiosis
 parasitism
 commensalism
 mutualism
 Succession
 primary
 secondary
 Ecosystems
 Food web
 Trophic levels 
 Producers
 Consumers
 primary
 secondary
 tertiary
 
 Ecological pyramids
 Numbers
 Biomass
 Energy
 Chemical cycles
 Oxygen
 Carbon dioxide
  Nutrients
 Phosphates
 Nitrates
 Biomes
 Effect of location
 Topography
 Resulting climate
 Types of biomes
 Tropical rainforest
 Savanna
  Temperate deciduous forest
 Temperate grassland
 Chaparral
 Desert
 Taiga
 Tundra
 Ocean
 Biosphere
 Energy flow
 Hydrologic cycle
  Dynamic equilibria