LG: How Do Ecosystems Recover from a Disturbance? January 2013 Regents food web question.
Chapter 3 Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems 3.1 Community Ecology A biological community is a group of interacting populations that occupy the same.
Primary and Secondary Succession. There are 3 main ways in which change occurs in our ecosystems: 1. Natural Selection – species change (adapt) to their.
Unit 7c - Evolution Population Genetics. How genes affect populations is called “population genetics.” Gene Pool = all the alleles from a population.
Main idea - All living organisms are limited by factors in the environment. Objectives - Recognize how unfavorable abiotic and biotic factors affect.
COMMUNITIES, BIOMES, AND ECOSYSTEMS. SECTION 3.1 - NOTES COMMUNITY ECOLOGY ◦ Main Idea: All living organisms are limited by factors in the environment.
Communities, Biomes & Ecosystems Launch Lab: What is my biological address? pg. 59 Postal address:Biological address; –Maria Lonnett BurgessMaria Lonnett.
Before Class Task 1. Form a group of 2-3 people. No more than 3 people. 2. Read page 111-114 3. Discuss with your group mate about the process of primary.
Terms: pioneer species – the first organisms that live in a previously uninhabited area climax community – a stable, mature community that undergoes little.
Ecology: Community Structure & Ecosystem Services David Mellor, PhD Citizen Science Coordinator Virginia Master Naturalists.
Boardwork 1. What do you suppose the TFS football field looked like 100 years ago. 2. What do you suppose the TFS football field would look like 100 years.
Succession. Succession – is orderly, natural changes that take place in the community of an ecosystem. Succession – is orderly, natural changes that take.