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Ecology and the Biosphere - Coggle Diagram
Ecology and the Biosphere
Earth’s climate variation and season
6 Ecology Lvl
Community
Grp of populations of diff species in a area
Ecosystem
Community of ecosystem in a area and the physical factors in which they interact
Population
grp of same species in area
LAndscape
Focus on controlling exchanges of energy, materials, and organisms across multiple ecosystems
Organismal
subsidies of physiological evolutionary, and behavioral ecology
Global
Biosphere
Sum of all earth’s ecosystem and landscapes
Climate Varies by Latitude
Climate
Long term prevailing weather condition in given area
Global Climate Patterns
Determined largely by input of solar energy and earth’s movement
Regional and Local Effects on Climate
Can be effected by large bodies of water and mountain ranges
Seasonality
Earth’s tilted axis of rotation and it’s annual passage around sun causes season cycles
Bodies of Water
Influence climate by heating or cooling overlying air masses by passing across land
Mountains
Lrg Brodie of water and mountains influence air flow over land
Rain-Shadow Effect
Effects of Vegetation on Climate
Warming effect
Transpiration
Microclimate
Localize patterns
Casting of shade, altering evaporation from soil, or changing wind patterns
Biotic
Living factors
Abiotic
Non-living factors
Climate Change
Directional change in the global climate that last three decades or more
Terrestrial Biomes Controlled by Climate and Disturbance
Climograph
Plot of annual avg temperature and precipitation in a particular region
General Features
Canopy
Layer lvls off tree tops
Ecotone
Integration area bn biomes
Disturbance
Event such as storm, fire, or human activity that changes/alters community, removing organism from its and altering resource availability
Terrestrial Biomes
Tropical Forest
Desertt
Savanna
Chaparral
Northern Coniferous Forest
Temperate Grassland
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Tundra
Aquatic Diverse Biomes
Zones
Abyssal
Deep aphotic zone
Benthic
Bottom of all aquatic zone (deep or shalllow)
Pelagic
zones of both aphotic and photic
Benthos
sand, organic and inorganic sediments
Aphotic
Region of no light
Detritus
Dead organic matter
Photic
Region of light
Thermocline
Layer of abrupt temp change
Interactions Bn Organisms and the Environment Limit Distribution
Species distribution are
consequences
of both ecological factors and evolutionary history