Bio 366 Ecology
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Meeting 3: Niche, Conditions, and Resources
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Stuart R. Borrett
Spring 2017
UNCW
Niche, Conditions, and Resources
Assignments
Reading/Next Topic – Individual Organisms
Ch 5 (pp. 70-74),
Ch 6 (all), &
Ch 7 (pp. 124-132)
Vocabulary you should know …
conditions, resources, ecological niche,
fundamental and realized niche, response curve,
Q10, zero net growth isocline, {essential,
substitutable, complementary, antagonistic}
resources, phototroph, chemotroph, autotroph,
heterotroph, anoxia, hypoxia
Niche, Conditions, and Resources
Learning Objectives
at the end of this material you should be able to…
•  Distinguish between conditions and resources.
•  Use response curves and the niche concept to describe how
conditions and resources affect individuals.
•  Explain how conditions and resources influence the
distribution and abundance of organisms. Provide examples.
•  Discuss why temperature is an important condition.
•  Explain why it is not always sufficient to know the average
condition or resources. Provide specific examples.
•  Classify organisms based on their energy and carbon sources
•  Use your understanding of conditions to explain the
potential impacts of global climate change.