Ecological succession: lecture topics n Plant (and animal) communities develop in often predictable ways following disturbances, a process known as succession.
Ecology EOC Review. Biotic vs. Abiotic Factors – Biotic = living (plants, animals, bacteria, fungus, protists) – Abiotic = non-living (temp, water, soil,
Communities & Biomes. Communities Have you ever wondered why we don’t have polar bears in Mississippi? Why we don’t have grizzly in Mississippi? Abiotic.
Other Important Events of Colonization Read 102-103 1. Create and label a diagram of the Triangular Trade. 2. Answer Q’s pg 103 Geo Skills 1 and 2. 3.
Chapters 3-5 Communities, Population Biology, Biological Diversity & Conservation Big Idea: How much can ecosystems handle before we screw them up permanently?
Geographic Isolation How about taking a swim in this gene pool??
Communities & Biomes
Terms: pioneer species – the first organisms that live in a previously uninhabited area climax community – a stable, mature community that undergoes little.
Age of Exploration (1450 - 1750) “ God, gold and glory ”
Bacterial genomes
Sporangium Exposure and Spore Release in the Peruvian Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum peruvianum, Pteridaceae)
IT’S ALL GENETIC…. Get my drift? Founder effect When a new population is started by only a few individuals some rare alleles may be at high frequency;
