Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
• Objectives
– Ecological Hierarchy
– Ecosystem Concept
– Ecosystem Goods & Services
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecology
2
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecological Hierarchy
Communities
Landscapes
Biosphere
Ecosystems
Organisms (Individuals)
Populations
3
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecological Hierarchy
Landscapes
(Individuals)
4
The Ecosystem Concept
• Individual (Organismal) Ecology
Acacia koa
individual
Acacia koa
population
Acacia koa-
”dominated”
community
Tropical
Rainforest
Ecosystem
Windward
Mauna Kea
Landscape
The Earth
Biosphere
11
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystems – Spatial Scale
12
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystems – Temporal Scale
13
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystem Attributes
14
The Ecosystem Concept
• Controls on ecosystem structure & function
15
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystem Goods & Services
– Fundamental life-support services provided
naturally by ecological systems without which
human civilizations would cease to thrive
16
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystem Goods & Services
17
The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystem Goods & Services - The Anthropocene
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