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File size: 20.2MB
Price US$33.00
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| PMEC01:
Introduction to Ecosystems |
| Number of screens in set: 64 |
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Concepts covered: |
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| • Biological complexity • The
biosphere • Biomes (e.g. terrestrial, deserts,
forests, tundra) • Predicting biome distributions • Components
of an ecosystem • Communities • Environments • Climate
and vegetation • Factors affecting ecosystems • Monitoring
physical factors • Physical gradients in desert
environments, rocky shore environments, rainforests and
lakes |
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File size: 18.7MB
Price US$38.50 |
| PMEC02:
The Ecological Niche |
| Number of screens in set: 69 |
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Concepts covered: |
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| • Ecological
niche • Physical conditions • Law of tolerance • Habitats • Microhabitats • Browsers • Plant
and animal adaptations • Adaptations and fitness • Acclimatization • Water
balance and conserving water in plants • Adaptations
of hydrophytes and halophytes • Mangrove adaptations • Insectivorous
plants • Competition and niche size • Principle • Niche
differentiation • Competition in social groups • Hierarchies • Home
range • Core areas • Territories |
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File size: 24.5MB
Price US$44.00 |
| PMEC03:
Populations and Interactions |
| Number of screens in set: 74 |
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Concepts covered: |
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| • Populations • Population
features • Population regulation • Environmental
factors • Migration • Population growth • Life
tables • Survivorship curves • r and K selection • Age
structure • Species interactions • Intraspecific
competition • Interspecific competition • Predator-prey
interactions • Prey-capturing strategies • Predator-avoidance
strategies • The evolutionary arms race |
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File size: 12.0MB
Price US$33.00 |
| PMEC04:
Practical Ecology |
| Number of screens in set: 62 |
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Concepts covered: |
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| • The
scientific method • Making observations • Forming
a hypothesis • Generating predictions • Assumptions • Planning
an investigation • Variables • Field studies • Sample
size • Replication • Collection and analysis
of data • Constructing tables and graphs • Transformations,
Descriptive statistics • Frequency graphs • Measuring
spread • The reliability of the mean • Statistical
tests • Monitoring physical factors • Sampling
populations directly and indirectly • Animal population
samples • Electronic devices • Radio-tracking |
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File size: 25.8MB
Price US$38.50 |
| PMEC05:
Communities |
| Number of screens in set: 66 |
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Concepts covered: |
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| • Trophic
structure • Food chains • Energy flow • Food
webs • Energy transformations • Producers,
consumers and decomposers • Productivity • Ecological
efficiency • Ecololgical pyramids • Community
patterns (zonation, stratification, ecological succession) • Carbon
cycle • Nitrogen cycle • Phosphorus cycle • Hydrological
cycle |
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File size: 22.5MB
Price US$71.50 |
| PMEC06:
Biodiversity & Conservation |
| Number of screens in set: 78 |
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Concepts covered: |
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| • Global
issues • Global human impact on resources • Human
population growth • Population stabilization • Fertility
rates • Gathering resource information • Fisheries
management • Atmospheric pollution • Acid
rain • Water pollution • Eutrophication • Biological
Oxygen Demand • Sewage treatment • Global
warming • Greenhouse effect • Tropical deforestation • Ozone
depletion • Fertilizers • Nutrient cycles • Desertification • Soil
degradation • Agricultural ecosystems • Hydroponics • The
impact of farming • Managing woodlands and grasslands • Integrated
pest management • Biological pest control • Pesticides • Bioaccumulation • Waste
management • Energy resources |
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File size: 22.5MB
Price US$44.00
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| PMEC07: Human Impact |
| Number of screens in set: 134 |
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Concepts covered: |
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| • Biodiversity • Diversity indices • Endemic species • Classifying threatened species • Criteria for threatened species • Biodiversity hotspots • Projected primate extinction • Conservation of the barn owl • The Habitats Directive • Natura 2000 • African elephant conservation • The ivory trade • Species decline • National parks, Island reserves • Mainland islands • Introduced pests • Endangered species • Extinctions • Environmental change |
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