Genotypes act not only on individuals but on entire ecological communities. Although it is a complex undertaking, it is possible to extend population and quantitative genetics principles to ...

BIO 7: Lecture 24 Preview. Ecology: branch of biology studying interactions between living and non-living things . Ecology is studied at different levels: individual, population, community, ecosystem, ...

Each rectangle represents a plant community containing individuals of either blue or green species and the total number of individuals corresponds to the productivity of the ecosystem.

Individual, population, community, and environmental microbial interactions range from predation to symbiosis, including competition and mutualism (Figure 1). These are complex and interrelated ...

Species diversity promotes ecosystem stability Biodiversity loss may accelerate ecosystem destabilization Date: March 21, 2024 Source: McGill University ...

Understanding forest ecology is necessary before a forest ecosystem can be defined. They are hard to describe even when using modern tools and concepts.

Community members are the subject matter experts on their ecosystem’s barriers and opportunities for growth, which can be leveraged to create a needs assessment that meets the true needs and ...

The study, published in Ecology and Evolution, analyzed whisker samples from 34 individual leopard seals in the Western Antarctic Peninsula.The researchers found that most individual seals have ...

Changes in ecosystems mean bad news for lake whitefish and those who love it. The species' population is rapidly declining in some areas of the Great Lakes.