BIOL 341 - Principles of Ecology

1. Compare the interactions between organisms and their environment and how they control the distribution of species.
2. Analyze the scope of ecological research from organismal to global ecology.
3. Compare ecology and evolutionary biology.
4. Compare both biotic and abiotic limiting factors of ecosystems, including the role of biogeochemical cycling.
5. Interpret the different patterns of population growth and explain the environmental factors that underlie each pattern.
6. Contrast between community structure and the various forms of biodiversity.
7. Separate terrestrial and aquatic biomes and their specific defining characteristics.