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Ecological Levels of Organization
• Ecologists have organized the
interactions an organism takes part in
different levels according to complexity.
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Ecological Levels of Organization
Ecological Levels of Organization
• Individual- one
organism (living)
• Species- a group
of similar
organisms that
can breed and
produce fertile
offspring.
• Eg. moose
Ecological Levels of Organization
• Populationgroups of
individuals
that belong
to the same
species and
live in the
same area.
• Eg. many
moose
Ecological Levels of Organization
• Communitygroups of
different
populations
(more than one
population or
different groups
of species)
Eg. many groups of
moose beavers,
trees, grass (all
living)
Ecological Levels of Organization
• Ecosystemall organisms
in a particular
area along
with the
nonliving.
(living and
nonliving)
Eg. many groups
of moose
beavers,
trees, grass,
rocks, water,
mountains
Ecological Levels of Organization
• Biome- group of
ecosystems that
have the same
climate and
similar dominant
communities
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Biomes:
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tropical rain forest,
tropical dry forest,
tropical savannah,
temperate
grassland,
desert,
temperate
woodland and
shrubland,
temperate forest,
northwestern
coniferous forest,
boreal forest
(taiga),
tundra, mountains
and ice caps
Ecological Levels of Organization
• Biosphereall of the
planet where
life exists,
includes
land, water,
and, air
• Life extends
8 km up and
11 km below
the surface
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