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8.3 Landscape Ecology: Structure, Function, and Conservation

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Introduction to Ecology

  • Levels of Ecological Study
    05:01
  • Introduction to Ecology Example 1
    02:31
  • Environment vs. Habitat vs. Niche
    01:57

Biogeography

  • Biogeography Example 2
    03:26
  • How Ecosystems Impact Species Distribution
    01:12
  • Biogeography Example 1
    02:43

Introduction to Terrestrial Biomes

  • Introduction to Terrestrial Biomes Example 2
    01:29
  • Introduction to Terrestrial Biomes
    01:55
  • Introduction to Terrestrial Biomes Example 1
    00:49

Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Regions

  • Temperate Grasslands (Prairie/Steppe)
    00:51
  • Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Regions Example 1
    01:59
  • Temperate Broadleaf/Deciduous Forests
    01:00

Introduction to Aquatic Biomes

  • Zonation in Marine Biomes & Lakes
    04:38
  • Seasonal Turnover & Ocean Upwelling
    03:57
  • Introduction to Aquatic Biomes Example 3
    03:00

Freshwater Aquatic Biomes

  • Wetlands
    01:29
  • Estuaries
    01:51
  • Streams & Rivers
    01:41

Marine Aquatic Biomes

  • Intertidal Zones
    01:43
  • Coral Reefs
    01:30
  • Marine Benthic Zone
    01:47

Introduction to Community Ecology

  • Introduction to Community Ecology
    02:03

Introduction to Community Interactions

  • Overview: Types of Community Interactions
    02:55
  • Introduction to Community Interactions Example 1
    02:23
  • Introduction to Community Interactions
    01:57

Community Interactions: Competition (-/-)

  • Resource Partitioning (Partial Niche Overlap)
    03:57
  • Competitive Exclusion Principle (Complete Niche Overlap)
    04:23
  • Community Interactions: Competition (-/-) Example 1
    04:23

Community Interactions: Exploitation (+/-)

  • 1) Exploitation (+/-): Predation
    01:42
  • 3) Exploitation (+/-): Parasitism
    02:37
  • Community Interactions: Exploitation (+/–)
    00:49

Community Interactions: Mutualism (+/+) & Commensalism (+/0)

  • Positive Interactions
    02:56
  • Summary of Community Interactions
    01:52

Community Structure

  • Community Structure Example 3
    02:22
  • Community Structure Example 1
    03:37
  • Community Structure
    04:25

Community Dynamics

  • Disturbances Make Communities Dynamic
    03:37
  • Secondary Ecological Succession
    02:31
  • Effects of Early-Arriving Species on Late-Arriving Species
    01:34

Geographic Impact on Communities

  • What is the Island Equilibrium Model?
    03:48
  • Geographic Impact on Communities Example 2
    03:54
  • Geographic Impact on Communities
    03:35

Introduction to Ecosystems

  • Grazing & Detritus-Based Food Chains
    03:29
  • Introduction to Ecosystems Example 2
    01:57
  • Introduction to Ecosystems
    04:07

Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

  • Gross Productive Energy vs. Assimilated Energy
    05:28
  • Energy Efficiency in Ecosystems
    06:28
  • Energy Flow Through Ecosystems Example 2
    07:07

Making Sense of Ecosystem Production & Efficiency

  • Making Sense of Ecosystem Production & Efficiency
    07:47
  • Financial Analogy for Ecosystem Production & Efficiency
    07:23

Energy & Biomass Pyramids

  • Energy & Biomass Pyramids
    05:41
  • Energy & Biomass Pyramids Example 1
    03:41

Factors Impacting Primary Production

  • Primary Production in Aquatic Ecosystems
    04:36
  • Factors Impacting Primary Production Example 1
    02:31
  • Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems
    02:22

Biogeochemical Cycles

  • Biogeochemical Cycles Example 2
    02:40
  • Carbon Cycle
    04:20
  • Nitrogen Cycle
    08:32

Conservation Biology

  • Biodiversity Hotspots and Endangered Species
    04:32
  • Biodiversity and Sustainability
    05:06
  • Pollution and Climate Change
    03:36