Fundamental Concepts in Behavioural Ecology. The relationship between behaviour, ecology, and evolution –Behaviour : The decisive processes by which individuals.
Ecology Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment Structure Function.
OBSERVING VARIATION (1) Variation exists in living populations. (2) Some variations are helpful and increase life span. (3) Some variations are harmful.
1 Evolutionary Intelligence Genetic Algorithms Genetic Programming
Chapter 15: Populations Section 1: How populations grow. – What is a Population? – Modeling Population Growth. – Growth Patterns in Real Populations. Section.
An event(s) in which a significant percentage of the population is killed or unable to reproduce. Population bottlenecks reduce the genetic variation.
AP Biology Mechanisms of Evolution AP Biology Mechanisms of Change Mutation Migration Genetic drift Founder effect Bottleneck Natural selection.
Chapter 4 The Organization of Life “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” - John Muir.
Human Impact and the Environment Chapter 22. Earth’s Layers Geosphere Hydrosphere Atmosphere Biosphere.
How populations grow
Unit 4 Chapters 4 and 5. ecological niche- species way of life in a community What job does it do or role does it fulfill? The Alligator is a: Keystone.
FROZEN FROGS!! 6 1 2. 3 4 THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA ABIOTIC FACTORS: TEMPERATURE.