Ecology is the study of the relationships among organisms and their environment.

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Ecology is the study of the relationships among
organisms and their environment.
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Ecologists study environments at different levels
of organization.
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• An organism is an individual living thing, such
  as an alligator.

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• A population is a group of the same species that
  lives in one area.

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• A community is a group of different species that
  live together in one area.

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• An ecosystem includes all of the organisms as
  well as the climate, soil, water, rocks and other
  nonliving things in a given area.

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• A biome is a major regional or global community
  of organisms characterized by the climate
  conditions and plant communities that thrive
  there.

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Ecological research methods include observation,
experimentation, and modeling.

• Observation is the act of carefully watching
  something over time.
• Experiments are performed in the lab or the field.

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Mark-Recapture- method used by scientists to
estimate the population size of mobile organisms.

• Scientists capture, mark, and then release
  specific organisms back into the wild.
• Then repeat the survey and calculate a ratio of
  marked versus unmarked animals to estimate the
  population size.

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