Ecology IS-FCEE-00031

Description:
The levels of biological organization: species, individual, population, biocoenosis, ecosystem. Life and the physical environment. Adaptation to aquatic and terrestrial environments. Habitat and ecological niche. Ecology tolerance of individuals. Population ecology. Population structures. Temporal and spatial dynamics of populations. Reproductiveness, mortality, migration of populations. Biocoenosis ecology. The structure and organization of biocoenosis. Interaction: competition, predation, parasitism, mutualism. Ecosystem: spatial and trophic structure. The food chains, food webs and food levels. Energy and matter in the ecosystem. Primary and secondary production. Pathways of elements in the ecosystem. Ecological succession.
Applied ecology.

Skills: Recognition of the relationship between life forms and a set of biotic, edaphic and climatic factors.

Form of assessment: Exam and project

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of biology, climatology and soil science