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Ecology
The study of the relationships of living things to their environment and to each other
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Agroeology
The study of specific relationships of crops and farm animals to their environments and each other
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Ecosystem
Total interaction between all organisms that live in as area with each other and enviornment
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Agroecosystem
Total interaction between crops and farm animals and their environment with a farming/ranching operation
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What are biotic factors?
Factors that affect our crops that are living
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What are examples of biotic factors?
Weeds, microorganisms, and other animals
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What are Abiotic factors?
nonliving entities of a system
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What are some examples of abiotic factors?
soil,water, temperature
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Range of Tolerance
Each species can only tolerate a narrow range of temperatures
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Your goal as a producer is to what?
Gain optimum range, the value best suited for the species
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Your goal as a producer is to reduce what?
Stress, occurs when environmental values are less than optimal
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Agroecosystem is one managed by?
Man
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Natural Ecosystem is one managed by what?
Nothing, it is left alone
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Closed ecosystems
The ecosystem is self-sustaining, nutrients are recycled, and there are no outside influences
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Open ecosystems are also known as?
Agroecosystems, managed by man
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Monoculture means what?
To grow only one species, and requires a great expenditure of energy to maintain
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