MOD 1 - Definition of ecology levels of organization modular vs unitary species Scientific method manipulative and mesurative experiments procedural controls ecological data variables and parameters the physical environment - climate aquatic environment natural selection - Charles Darwin primary producers - chemo and photo synthesis adaptations - populations population growth life cycle intraspecific regulation intraspecific competition Metapopolations specie interactions - Coevolution - Competition ecological niche - Predation - Parassitism and Mutualism.
MOD 2 - Community ecology , structure and dynamics landscape dynamics ecosystem ecology energy in the ecosystems decomposition and nutrients cycle biogeochemical cycles examples of ecosystems biodiversity distribution human ecology loss of habitat, biodiversity and conservation climate change.