Unit · year 1
BU-105 · Ecology
Threads systems · energy5 concepts
How organisms interact with each other and their environment.
Concepts in this unit
T-022
Trophic levels and energy flow
Energy dissipates as it passes up a food chain.
T-023
Logistic population growth
Growth slows as a population nears carrying capacity.
T-024
Competition and the niche
Two species cannot occupy the same niche indefinitely.
T-025
Predator-prey dynamics
Coupled cycles of predator and prey abundance.
T-026
Biogeochemical cycles
How carbon and nitrogen move through ecosystems.