Chapter 52: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

biogeography dispersal: cattle egret late 1800's; behavior: corn borer female attracted to corn; biotic: sea urchins remove seaweeds, mot limpets;
ecology 2 is a deer mouse.
urchin Limpet=snail.
sunlight Glen Ellyn latitude=41.9, -88.1.
wind TENNIS BALL Coriolis; 30°=horse latitudes.
mountain Groves on east bank; Moraines
aquatic-pelagic BBC-BluePlanet/1.1_OceanWorld/#16:30 Cape Gannets dive on sardines (start 12:20); also ch53/territory.html
aquatic-benthic Hygrogen sulfide formed by reaction of hot water with dissolved sulfate (SO42-).
terrestrial-chaparral matorral in Spain, Chile; garigue and maquis in France; fymbos in South Africa.
terrestrial-grassland the veldts of South Africa, the puszta of Hungary, the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay, the steppes of Russia, and the plains and prairies of central North America
terrestrial-coniferous The reduced diversity in plant species makes these forests vulnerable to periodic insect outbreaks.
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Aquatic Biomes
SQ:                                        8=D?             10=D?
AQ:                                        8=C?
CQ:
  1. Earless seals. Eared sea lions longer flippers, can rotate hind flippers forward, handstand, vocal
  2. "Northern fur seal" (also eared, but not a sea lion): reduced by hunting, recovered.
  3. Cheetah rine spraying: females spray less actively than males except in heat
    Both urine and feces of estrous female attract males.
  4. Environmental influences on population
  5. Exponential growth: ir (intrinsic rate) = birth rate - death rate
  6. Hectares: 10,000 m2, 2.471 acres; COD 273 acres
  7. E.O. Wilson