Ecology Flashcards

Various definitions reguarding ecology and scientists involved in ecology. Also explores concepts of ecology

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Organism
Any living thing
Animal
A member of the Kingdom: Animalia; includes humans, insects, earthworms, etc.; does not include single-celled organisms
Mammal
A vertebrate animal with a four-chambered heart, hair, and mammary glands
Species
A group of organisms that are capable of successfully interbreeding
Population
A group of members of a species that live together
Community
A group of interacting species
Environment
All of the factors, biotic and abiotic, that affect an organism at any point in its life cylce
Ecology
The scientific study of the factors that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms
Ecosystem
A biotic community together with its abiotic environment
Habitat
The physical surroundings in which a species lives
Niche
The role of a species in its environment
Autecology
Study of the relationships in one species
Synecology
Study of one ecosystem and the communities in them
Aristotle
1st ecologist
Threophrastus
Student of Aristotle