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Ecology and the Biosphere > The Scope of Ecology

The Scope of Ecology

• Introduction to Ecology
• Organismal Ecology and Population Ecology
• Community Ecology and Ecosystem Ecology

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Ecology and the Biosphere > The Scope of Ecology

Introduction to Ecology
• In ecology, ecosystems are composed of organisms, the communities they
comprise, and the non-living aspects of their environment.
• The four main levels of study in ecology are the organism, population,
community, and ecosystem.
• Ecosystem processes are those that sustain and regulate the environment.

• Ecological areas of study include topics ranging from the interactions and
adaptations of organisms within an ecosystem to the abiotic processes that drive
the development of those ecosystems.
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Organismal Ecology and Population Ecology

• Organismal ecology focuses on the morphological, physiological, and behavioral
adaptations that let an organism survive in a specific habitat.
• Population ecology studies the number of individuals in an area, as well as how
and why their population size changes over time.
• The Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species, makes a good model for both
organismal and population ecology since it is dependent, as a population, on a
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Ecology and the Biosphere > The Scope of Ecology

Community Ecology and Ecosystem Ecology

• Community ecology focuses on the processes driving interactions between
differing species and their overall consequences.
• Ecosystem ecology studies all organismal, population, and community
components of an area, as well as the non-living counterparts.
• The mutualistic relationship between the Karner blue butterfly and ants are of
interest to community ecology studies since both species interact within an area
and affect each other's survival rate; in turn, they are both affected by nutrient-
poor soils, which are part of the ecosystem ecology.
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Ecology and the Biosphere

Key terms
• community a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

• conspecific an organism belonging to the same species as another

• conspecific an organism belonging to the same species as another

• ecology the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other

• ecophysiology the study of the relationships between, and adaptation of, the physiology of an organism and its environment

• ecosystem a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit

• heterospecific an organism belonging to a different species to another

• oviposit to lay eggs

• population a collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of
living in a given area

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Karner blue butterfly

The Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) is a rare butterfly that lives only in open areas with few trees or shrubs, such as pine barrens and
oak savannas. It can only lay its eggs on lupine plants.

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Levels of ecological study

Ecologists study within several biological levels of organization, which include organism, population, community, and ecosystem.

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Karner blue butterfly caterpillar

Karner blue butterfly caterpillars form beneficial interactions with ants. This mutualistic relationship is an example of a community ecological study, which
aims to examine the interactions between different species living in an area.

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Wild lupine
The wild lupine (Lupinus perennis) is the host plant for the Karner blue butterfly.

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Ecology and the Biosphere

Ecology is:

A) a biological field of study that focuses solely on the abiotic factors

responsible for biodiversity

B) a biological field of study focused on the interaction of organisms and

their environment

C) a biological field of study that primarily seeks to explain ecophysiology

D) a biological field of study synonymous with environmentalism and

evolutionary biology

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Ecology and the Biosphere

Ecology is:

A) a biological field of study that focuses solely on the abiotic factors

responsible for biodiversity

B) a biological field of study focused on the interaction of organisms and

their environment

C) a biological field of study that primarily seeks to explain ecophysiology

D) a biological field of study synonymous with environmentalism and

evolutionary biology

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Ecology and the Biosphere

In population ecology,

A) the size of a population and how it grows or diminishes over time is of

importance

B) conspecific populations refer to different species living in the same

population

C) a population is defined only by the natural boundaries that are found

where it lives

D) all of these answers

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In population ecology,

A) the size of a population and how it grows or diminishes over time is of

importance

B) conspecific populations refer to different species living in the same

population

C) a population is defined only by the natural boundaries that are found

where it lives

D) all of these answers

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Ecology and the Biosphere

Organismal ecology:

A) focuses on the morphological, physicological, and behavioral aspects

of an organism

B) focuses on the distribution and population growth of an organism

C) focuses on the relationship of an organism with others of the same

species, in the same area

D) all of these answers

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Organismal ecology:

A) focuses on the morphological, physicological, and behavioral aspects

of an organism

B) focuses on the distribution and population growth of an organism

C) focuses on the relationship of an organism with others of the same

species, in the same area

D) all of these answers

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Ecology and the Biosphere

Air, water, soil, natural disturbances, and other non-living factors

that affect a community structure are aspects of interest in which
ecological level?

A) community ecology

B) population ecology

C) organismal ecology

D) ecosystem ecology

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Air, water, soil, natural disturbances, and other non-living factors

that affect a community structure are aspects of interest in which
ecological level?

A) community ecology

B) population ecology

C) organismal ecology

D) ecosystem ecology

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Studying the interaction between organisms of different species is

an area of interest in which type of ecological level?

A) ecosystem ecology

B) mutualistic ecology

C) community ecology

D) none of these

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Studying the interaction between organisms of different species is

an area of interest in which type of ecological level?

A) ecosystem ecology

B) mutualistic ecology

C) community ecology

D) none of these

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• Wikipedia. "Ecology." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology

• Connexions. "Introduction." CC BY 3.0 http://cnx.org/content/m44853/latest/?collection=col11448/latest

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• Wiktionary. "ecosystem." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ecosystem

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