Unit 2-Ecosystems and Communities

Outline

2. Ecosystems and Communities

• 1. Climate

     1. Weather

     2. Controls of Climate

        • Controls of Climate

        • Climate, Flora, and Fauna

     3. Microclimates

• • • Gregory Canyon Microclimates Field Study

• 2. Niches and Community Interaction

• • 1. Niche

    2. Competition

    3. Predation

       1. Keystone species

    4. Symbiosis

• 3. Succession

• • 1. Primary Succession

    2. Secondary Succession

    3. Climax Communities

• 4. Biomes

• • 1. Defining factors

    2. Land biomes

       1. Forest

       2. Grassland

       3. Shrubland

       4. Tundra

• • • • Grassland Biomes Field Study

• • 3. Freshwater biomes

    4. Estuary

    5. Marine

• • • Biomes Project

    • Study Guide