Ecology Exam 1

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ecology the study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and the factors and interactions that affect them.
aristotle historia animalium
herodotus and plato providental ecology
graunt and leeuwenhoek 1662 and 1687, population growth
Farr 1843, farr's rule = relationship between the density of a population and the death rate
buffon, malthus, quetelet and verhulst population regulation
Edward Forbes and H.C. Cowles community regulation and succession
Robert Ross systems analysis.mathematical model of the spread of infectious disease
Tansley, Clements, and Elton early 1900s. some founders of ecology
Time when ecology finally seemed important 1960
Abiotic components non-living chemical and physical factors (temperature, light, nutrients, water)
Biotic components living (biological) factors(other organisms, competition, predation)
Interaction abiotic and biotic components interact, both organisms and environment affect eachother.