<span role="img" aria-label="fundamentals-ecology-emoji" style="margin-right:10px">🦉 Intro to Ecology

1.2

Levels of Ecological Organization

1.3

Ecological Methods and Research Approaches

Unit 2 – Abiotic Factors and Adaptations

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2.1

Climate and Weather Patterns

2.2

Soil Composition and Water Availability

2.3

Physiological and Behavioral Adaptations

Unit 3 – Biomes and Biogeography

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3.1

Terrestrial Biomes

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3.2

Aquatic Ecosystems

3.3

Biogeographical Patterns and Processes

Unit 4 – Population Ecology

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4.1

Characteristics of Populations

4.2

Demography and Life History Strategies

4.3

Metapopulation Dynamics

Unit 5 – Population Growth and Regulation

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5.1

Population Growth Models

5.2

Density-Dependent and Density-Independent Factors

5.3

Carrying Capacity and Resource Limitation

Unit 6 – Community Structure and Diversity

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6.1

Community Composition and Diversity Indices

6.2

Niche Theory and Resource Partitioning

6.3

Habitat Structure and Landscape Ecology

Unit 7 – Species Interactions and Coexistence

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7.1

Competition and Competitive Exclusion

7.2

Predation, Herbivory, and Parasitism

7.3

Mutualism and Commensalism

7.4

Keystone Species and Trophic Cascades

Unit 8 – Ecological Succession

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8.1

Primary and Secondary Succession

8.2

Mechanisms of Succession

8.3

Climax Communities and Alternative Stable States

Unit 9 – Ecosystem Ecology

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9.1

Ecosystem Structure and Function

9.2

Primary Production and Decomposition

9.3

Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital

Unit 10 – Energy Flow and Trophic Levels

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10.1

Food Chains and Food Webs

10.2

Energy Transfer Efficiency

10.3

Ecological Pyramids

Unit 11 – Biogeochemical Cycles

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11.1

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

11.2

Phosphorus and Water Cycles

11.3

Human Impacts on Biogeochemical Cycles

Unit 12 – Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

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12.1

Measures of Biodiversity

12.2

Threats to Biodiversity

12.3

Conservation Strategies and Protected Areas

12.4

Restoration Ecology

Unit 13 – Global Environmental Issues and Sustainability

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13.1

Climate Change and Its Ecological Impacts

13.2

Habitat Loss and Fragmentation

13.3

Pollution and Ecotoxicology

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13.4

Sustainable Development Goals

Unit 14 – Applications of Ecology in Resource Management

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14.1

Fisheries and Wildlife Management

14.2

Forest and Rangeland Management

14.3

Urban Ecology and Green Infrastructure

14.4

Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture