sustainable ecosystems

Organism that makes its own food from CO2 molecules

the maximum population size of a given species that live together and reproduce

when two or more species that do not interbreed evolve together because they have a close ecological relationship

all the species, their genetice variability and/or the sets of functional processes that maintain complex systems on earth

biological communities and their interaction with the abiotic environment

the process of change over time of traits in organisms,populations, and species

dN/dt=r_maxN

the place where an organism lives

organism that gets its nourishment from the organic compounds of other organisms

density dependence; organisms of the same species compete for a resource

dN/dt=r_max [(K-N)/K]

largest possible take or harvest from a population

Viewed nature as havin intrinsic value;a preservationist

Exolutionary process by which the frequency og genetic traits in a population change because of differential survival and reproductive success of the individuals in the population

The total uses that a species makes of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment;n-dimensional hyperspace occupied by a species

Thought nature should be used for the greatest good for the greatest number of people for the longest time; a conservationalist

A group of organisms of the same species that live together and reproduce

the number of individuals in a given area

the rate of storage of radiant energy as organic substances usable food materials

the rate of carbon usage by a plant to support itself, or by a consumer to metabolize, grow, move

all things consumed or used by an organism

per capita rate of population increase in a given time

• the amount of time it takes for a system to replace itself
• ratio of throughput to content

• the spectral range of solar radiation used in primary production by green plants
• PAR

Is equal 1 - mortality rate

energy stored in an ecosysten, usually in the form of carbon

reorganization of an ecosystem from one stable state to another

the benefit obtained gfrom nature by humans

• narrow tolerance to ________
• temperature, food, salt

• wide tolerance
• temperature, food, salt

a measure of the part of the plant useful to humans in agricultural yield

carbon fixed but not used for respiration

an unintended consequence of an action which can be positive or negative

a product of succession, the sequence of communities that replace one another

all organisms that get their energy from the same type of source