Ecology pt. 2 by Brian Perez https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol Made with wonder en-us 2018-02-12 20:34:01 UTC 2023-05-16 17:20:48 UTC hello@padlet.com niche 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230822173 In ecology, a niche is the fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions]]> 2018-02-12 20:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230822173 omnivore 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230823035 An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and meat]]> 2018-02-12 20:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230823035 population 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230824065 Population ecology is a sub-field of ecology that deals with the dynamics of species populations and how these populations interact with the environment]]> 2018-02-12 20:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230824065 predator 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230824518 In an ecosystem, predation is a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked).

]]> 2018-02-12 20:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/230824518 prey 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231202687 In an ecosystem, predation is a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey(the organism that is attacked).]]> 2018-02-13 18:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231202687 primary consumer 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231203555 Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on plants. Secondary consumers, on the other hand, are carnivores, and prey on other animals.]]> 2018-02-13 18:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231203555 primary succession 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231204494
Primary succession is one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment in which new substrate devoid of vegetation and other organisms usually lacking soil, such as a lava flow or area left from retreated glacier, is deposited.
]]> 2018-02-13 18:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231204494 producer 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231205530 2018-02-13 18:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231205530 Scavenger 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231207513 Scavenging is both a carnivorous and a herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead animal and plant material present in its habitat. The eating of carrion from the same species is referred to as cannibalism.]]> 2018-02-13 18:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231207513 secondary consumer 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231207925 Within an ecological food chain, consumers are categorized into three groups: primary consumers,secondary consumers, and the tertiary consumers. Primary consumers are usually herbivores, feeding on plants and fungus.]]> 2018-02-13 18:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231207925 secondary succession 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231209646 Secondary Succession. Secondary succession is the series of community changes which take place on a previously colonized, but disturbed or damaged habitat.Examples include areas which have been cleared of existing vegetation (such as after tree-felling in a woodland) and destructive events such as fires.]]> 2018-02-13 18:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231209646 tertiary consumer 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231211074 tertiary consumer. a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.]]> 2018-02-13 18:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231211074 birth rate 3043821 https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231211610 Natality in population ecology is the scientific term for birth rate. Along with mortality rate, natality rate is used to calculate the dynamics of a population. They are the key factors in determining whether a population is increasing, decreasing or staying the same in size.]]> 2018-02-13 18:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3043821/ot4v0r9n51ol/wish/231211610