ECOLOGY
ECOLOGY – S5
ENVIRONMENT
THE LIVING AND NON LIVING
FACTORS SURROUNDING AN
ORGANISM, WHICH AFFECTS ITS
SURVIVAL & DEVELOPMENT.
MICRO MACRO
FACTORS FACTORS
IMMEDIATE THE BIOTIC AND
LOCAL ABOTIC FACTORS
SURROUNDING ACTING UPON
OF AN AN ORGANISM
ORGANISM
ECOLOGY – S5
ENVIRONMENT
THE LIVING AND NON LIVING
FACTORS SURROUNDING AN
ORGANISM, WHICH AFFECTS ITS
SURVIVAL & DEVELOPMENT.
BIOTIC (LIVING) ABIOTIC
(NON LIVING)
PRODUCERS WATER
LIGHT
CONSUMERS RADIATION
PRECIPITATION
DECOMPOSERS TEMPERATURE
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BIOTIC FACTORS
PRODUCERS CONSUMERS (HETEROTROPHS)
(HETEROTROPHS)
PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY
https://srekja.mk/mudrost-vo-tri-rechenitsi-pouchna-prikazna-za-lugeto-na-vrvot-onie-dolu/
ECOLOGY – S5 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fox/
https://www.ephotozine.com/article/white-tailed-eagle-portrait-awarded-potw--32141
BIOTIC FACTORS
DECOMPOSERS
(DETRIVORES)
ECOLOGY – S5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detritivore
ABIOTIC FACTORS
WATER
LIGHT
RADIATION
PRECIPITATION
TEMPERATURE
ECOLOGY – S5
ECOSYSTEM
AN ECOSYSTEM IS A COMPLEX OF
ORGANISMS, THEIR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN A GIVEN
UNIT OF SPACE (ENCYCLOPEDIA
BRITANNICA, 1998).
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ECOLOGY
• COINED BY ERNST HAECKL (GERMANY) – THE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP
OF AN ORGANISM WITH ITS ENVIRONMENT.
• ECOLOGY CAN BE DIVIDED INTO PLANT ECOLOGY & ANIMAL ECOLOGY,
BUT ECOLOGISTS PREFER:
AUTOECOLOGY SYNECOLOGY
STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM OR STUDY OF A GROUP OF ORGANISMS
SPECIES IN RELATION TO THEIR IN RELATION TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT.
ECOLOGY – S5 http://www.biology-today.com/ecology/what-are-the-subdivisions-of-ecology/
SYNECOLOGY
POPULATION ECOLOGY • GROWTH, TROPHIC STRUCTURE, METABOLISM & REGULATION
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY • DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, SAME HABITAT & ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
TAXONOMIC ECOLOGY • DIFFERENT TAXONOMIC GROUPS – MICROBIAL, MAMMALIAN, INSECT ETC.
HABITAT ECOLOGY • PLANTS & ANIMALS IN DIFFERENT HABITATS.
HUMAN ECOLOGY • EFFECT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON ENVIRONMENT & VICE VERSA.
APPLIED ECOLOGY • WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, FORESTRY AND
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
CHEMICAL ECOLOGY • CHEMICAL PREFERENCES SHOWED BY ORGANISMS.
PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY • PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO LIVING CONDITIONS.
ECOLOGY – S5 http://www.biology-today.com/ecology/what-are-the-subdivisions-of-ecology/
SYNECOLOGY
PALAEO ECOLOGY • ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE PAST AGES
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY • EVOLUTIONARY PROBLEMS LIKE SPECIATION & SEGREGATION.
ECOLOGICAL GENETICS • RELATIONSHIP OF ENVIRONMENT WITH GENETIC VARIABILITY.
ECO GEOGRAPHY • PLANTS & ANIMALS IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS – HABITATS.
PEDOLOGY • SOIL AND ITS NATURE – ACIDITY, ALKALINITY, MINERAL CONTENTS, SOIL
TYPES.
ETHOLOGY • ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS UNDER NATURAL
CONDITIONS.
SOCIOLOGY • ECOLOGY & ETHOLOGY.
SYSTEM ECOLOGY • ANALYSING FUNCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS USING APPLIED MATH &
STATISTICS.
ECOLOGY – S5 http://www.biology-today.com/ecology/what-are-the-subdivisions-of-ecology/
ECOLOGICAL BALANCE
A STABLE BALANCE IN THE NUMBERS OF
EACH SPECIES IN AN ECOSYSTEM
(JUNGIUS, 2018)
ECOLOGY – S5
WOLVES IN YELLOWSTONE
ECOLOGY – S5 https://www.allwallpaper.in/grey-wolf-portrait-wallpaper-55.html
CARRYING CAPACITY
THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF A GIVEN ECOSYSTEM IS THE
SIZE OF THE POPULATION IT CAN SUPPORT INDEFINITELY
WITH ITS AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND PROCESSES .
ECOLOGY – S5 http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/node/33
ECOLOGY
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