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CHAPTER 1: Understanding Environmental Degradation
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CHAPTER 4: The functioning of the Biotic component in the Ecosystem
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CHAPTER 1: Understanding Environmental Degradation
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CHAPTER 4: The functioning of the Biotic component in the Ecosystem
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CHAPTER 4: ORGANISATION IN THE ECOSPHERE
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CHAPTER 4.1: CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS
20 Nov 22
(par 4. 1 ) Taxonomy & scientific names
20 Nov 22
(par 4. 1 ) Levels of organization in an ecosystem
20 Nov 22
(par 4. 1 ) Ecosphere and Ecosystems
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CHAPTER 4.2: TERRAINS OF ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Chapter 4.2.1: Species (Organisms or Individuals) and Populations
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.1.1.2) Plants Are Less Prepared for Drought Than Experts Thought
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.1.1.1) How Plants Have Adapted to Prevent Water Loss
20 Nov 22
(par 4. 2. 1.1.1) Desiccation tolerance
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CHAPTER 4.2.2: COMMUNITIES
Chapter 4.2.2.1: Habitat and niche
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.2.1) Competition – from Wikipedia
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.2.1) Habitat and Adaptation
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Chapter 4.2.2.2: Isolation and Distribution
Chapter 4.2.2.3: Dominance
Chapter4.2.2.4: Stratification
CHAPTER 4.2.3: Ecosystems, Biomes and Biogeographic regions
Chapter 4.2.3.1: Biogeographic Provinces
CHAPTER 4.2.3.2: Biomes
Chapter 4.2.3.2.1: Tundra
Chapter 4.2.3.2.2: Coniferous Forests
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.3.2.2) Taiga / Northern Coniferous Forest (taken from World Biomes)
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Chapter 4.2.3.2.3: Temperate Broadleaf (Deciduous) Forests
Chapter 4.2.3.2.4: Temperate Grassland and Savannah (Dry and Temperate Steppe)
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(par 4.2.3.2.4) Grasslands (taken from World Biomes)
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.3.2.4) Grassland Ecosystem Food Chain in Africa
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.3.2.4) Tropical Grasslands Ecosystem
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Chapter 4.2.3.2.5: Tropical Forests
Chapter 4.2.3.2.6: Deserts, Semi-Deserts, and Xeric Shrub
Chapter 4.2.3.2.7: Sclerophyllous Vegetation (Mediterranean)
CHAPTER 4.2.4: Freshwater ecosystems
Chapter 4.2.4.1: Adaptations of Organisms to a Water Environment
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.4.1) Freshwater Animal & Plant Adaptations
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Chapter 4.2.4.2: Freshwater Ecosystems Classification
Chapter 4.2.4.2.1: Lentic Communities
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.4.2.1.2) Groundwater recharge (taken from Wikipedia)
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(par 4.2.4.2.1.2) Pond (taken from wikipedia)
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(par 4.2.4.2.1.2) Wetlands
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Chapter 4.2.4.2.2: Lotic Communities
Chapter 4.2.5: Marine Ecosystems
Chapter 4.2.5.1: Zoning
Chapter 4.2.6 Coastal Lakes and The Coastline
20 Nov 22
(par 4.2.6) Coastal Ocean
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(par 4.2.6) Coral reefs
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Chapter 4.2.7: Ecotones
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(par 4.2.7) Estuaries
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