Ecology Review Guide

Animal Behavior

*See Investigation of Animal Behavior

1. Learned vs Innate
2. Taxis (geotaxis, chemotaxis, phototaxis)
3. Feedback mechanisms
4. Proximate vs Ultimate Questions

Populations

5. Population vs Community vs Ecosystem
6. Demography and how populations grow
7. Factors that influence biotic potential
8. Survivorship curves
9. Age Structure Diagrams
10. Population Growth Models / Zero Population Growth

Community Interactions

11. Habitat vs Niche
12. Competitive exclusion Principle
13. Population of Paramecium (see virtual lab)
14. Defenses
15. Symbiosis
16. Succession
17. Keystone Species and Biodiversity

Ecosystems

18. Food Webs
19. Law of Thermodynamics
20. Ecological pyramids
21. Biogeochemical cycles