(par 4.2.2.1) Habitat and Adaptation

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/hab_adaptation/ © WWF / Roger LeGuen Every organism has a unique ecosystem within which it lives. This ecosystem is its natural habitat. This is where the basic needs of the organism to survive are met: food, water, shelter from the weather and place to breed its young. All organisms need to adapt to their habitat […]

(par 4.2.2 ) Direct and Indirect Interactions

http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/direct-and-indirect-interactions-15650000 By: Daniel C. Moon (Department of Biology, University of North Florida), Jamie Moon (Department of Biology, University of North Florida) & Amy Keagy (Department of Biology, University of North Florida) © 2010 Nature Education Ecological communities are shaped by a complex array of direct and indirect interactions. These interactions are spatially and temporally dynamic […]

(par 4.2.2 ) Explaining General Patterns in Species Abundance and Distributions

http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/explaining-general-patterns-in-species-abundance-and-23162842 By: Wilco C. E. P. Verberk  (Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, University of Plymouth) © 2011 Nature Education Citation: Verberk, W. (2011) Explaining General Patterns in Species Abundance and Distributions. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):38 Community ecology is the study of a set of species co-occurring at a given time and place. A central aim of community ecology is to understand howcommunities are organized by […]