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The Sixth Extinction: Mass Extinction, Biodiversity, and Human Impact – Study Notes for General Biology

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Natural Selection and Evolution

  • Natural Selection Causes Adaptation
    07:48
  • Adaptation Improves Fitness
    02:57
  • Evolution can Occur Via Natural Selection
    04:32

Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection

  • Introduction to Evolution and Natual Selection Example 1
    03:22
  • Introduction to Evolution and Natual Selection Example 2
    04:28
  • Typological vs. Population Thinking
    03:56

History of Evolutionary Thought

  • Geological Thinking
    04:22
  • History of Evolutionary Theory Example 1
    02:45
  • Darwin and Wallace
    07:37

Evidence of Evolution

  • Types of Homologies
    04:46
  • Evidence of Evolution Example 1
    02:27
  • Fossils
    06:11

Evidence of Natural Selection

  • Natural and Artificial Selection
    03:41
  • Evidence of Natural Selection Example 1
    02:28
  • Evidence of Natural Selection
    04:25

Origin of Life

  • Origin of Life Example 1
    03:23
  • Events that Lead to the Formation of Cells
    06:38

The Fossil Record

  • Biases in the Fossil Record
    03:17
  • Fossils
    03:54
  • The Fossil Record Example 1
    02:59

History of Life on Earth

  • History of Life on Earth Example 1
    04:53
  • Geologic Record
    07:18

Extinctions

  • Cretaceous Extinction
    04:55
  • Extinctions
    04:48
  • Sixth Extinction
    02:29

Adaptive Radiation

  • Developmental Genes & Regulation
    06:12
  • Cambrian Explosion
    05:10
  • Adaptive Radiation Example 1
    06:17

Evolution of Complexity

  • Origin of Complex Traits
    06:15

Introduction to Phylogeny

  • Binomial Nomenclature
    02:32
  • Systematics
    06:57
  • Introduction to Phylogeny Example 1
    01:31

Phylogeny

  • Phylogeny Example 3
    04:12
  • Parts of a Phylogenetic Tree
    05:16
  • Phylogeny Example 1
    06:11

Building Phylogenetic Trees

  • Shared Derived Characters
    05:42
  • Parsimony
    06:46
  • Building Phylogenetic Trees Example 1
    04:35

Cladistics

  • Cladistics Example 1
    03:52
  • Monophyletic, Paraphyletic, & Polyphyletic Group
    06:37

Phylogenetics and Genome Evolution

  • The Molecular Clock
    05:13
  • Homologs: Orthologs & Paralogs
    05:29

Introduction to Ecology

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

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: Near Equator

  • Terrestrial Biomes: Near Equator Example 1
    03:03
  • Savannas (Tropical Grasslands)
    01:02
  • Tropical Rainforests
    01:22

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

Marine Aquatic Biomes

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

Introduction to Population Ecology

  • Factors Affecting Population Size (N)
    01:48
  • Population Size & Density
    01:52
  • Introduction to Population Ecology Example 3
    01:51

Population Sampling Methods

  • Sampling Mobile Organisms: Mark & Recapture
    03:12
  • Population Sampling Methods Example 1
    01:54
  • Sampling Stationary Organisms: Transects & Quadrats
    02:31

Life History

  • Life History
    04:01
  • Life History: Population Reproductive Strategies
    02:51
  • Life History Example 1
    02:46

Population Demography

  • Life Tables
    03:49
  • Population Demography Example 1
    02:18
  • Survivorship Curves
    02:54

Factors Limiting Population Growth

  • Density-Dependent Factors
    02:37
  • Factors Limiting Population Growth
    00:51
  • Density-Dependent vs. Density-Independent Factors
    03:14

Introduction to Population Growth Models

  • Introduction to Population Growth Models Example 3
    02:52
  • Introduction to Population Growth Models
    01:09
  • Assumptions of Population Growth Models
    03:29

Exponential Population Growth

  • Exponential Population Growth Example 2
    07:34
  • Exponential Population Growth
    03:05
  • Exponential Population Growth Equations
    06:35

Logistic Population Growth

  • Summary of Key Features & Assumptions for Each Population Growth Model
    07:28
  • Logistic Growth in a Limited Environment
    05:00
  • Logistic Population Growth Example 1
    04:28

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