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13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships Notes Q KEY CONCEPT 1. Ecology is the study of the relationships among organisms and their environment. 2. Every ecosystem includes both living and nonliving factors. 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships Ecologists study environments at different levels of organization. • Ecology is the study of the interactions among living things, and between living things and their surroundings. 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • An organism is an individual living thing, such as an alligator. (pg 397) Organism Organism 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • A population is a group of the same species that lives in one area. Population Population Organism Organism 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • A community is a group of different species that live together in one area. Community Community Population Population Organism Organism 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • An ecosystem includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks and other nonliving things in a given area. Ecosystem Ecosystem Community Community Population Population Organism Organism 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • A biome is a major regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and plant communities that thrive there. (pg 463) Biome Ecosystem Ecosystem Community Community Population Population Organism Organism 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships An ecosystem includes both biotic and abiotic factors. • Biotic factors are living things. – plants – animals – fungi – bacteria plants 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • Abiotic factors are nonliving things. – moisture – temperature – wind – sunlight – soil sunlight moisture 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships Changing one factor in an ecosystem can affect many other factors. • Biodiversity is the assortment, or variety, of living things in an ecosystem. • Rain forests have more biodiversity than other locations in the world, but are threatened by human activities. – 7% of land but 50% of all species 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • A keystone species is a species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem. (pg. 404) • Example: beaver – Beavers use trees to construct dams, which create ponds, wetlands and meadows – This increases numbers and types of fish – Insects attracted to the dead trees which then attracts insect eating birds – Waterfowl nest along pond’s shrubs and grasses – Animals that prey on birds are attracted to the ecosystem 13.1 Ecologists Study Relationships • Keystone species form and maintain a complex web of life. creation of wetland ecosystem increased waterfowl Population keystone species increased fish population nesting sites for birds
