Habitat fragmentation is where a unit of habitable land is split up into smaller parts. This can occur naturally due to catastrophic events. Habitat fragmentation can also be man-made, due to agriculture, construction, pollution, or deforestation. This is important to our study of renewable natural resources because habitat fragmentation can result in an overall reduction in … [Read more...]
Community -MBH
A group comprised of various interacting species that share location and habitat. The structure of the community is determined by the diversity, abundance, and interaction of species. When dealing with resources it is important to understand the community to which that resource belongs to and the impact its removal, reduction, or increase can have. … [Read more...]
Disturbance – MBH
An event that suddenly increases the mortality of a species and changes the environment they inhabit and their distribution within it. Disturbances can be either minor (wind events, draughts, floods, etc.) or major (hurricanes, tsunamis, epidemics, pollution) and can be either natural or man-made. The impact depends on the type of disturbance, its intensity, frequency and the … [Read more...]
Niche: Abby Preston
An ecological niche is the relational position of a species or population in an ecosystem. The term fundamental niche describes the position of a species solely determined by environmental conditions. A realized niche is the position the species actually occupies, determined by competition for resources. The concept of a niche is related to renewable and nonrenewable resources … [Read more...]
Evolution: Abby Preston
Evolution is the change in the variety of genes in a population over time. This is caused by genetic drift, mutation, and gene flow. Evolution may be related to renewable natural resources because it creates biodiversity. Biodiversity provides the organisms to be used as resources. Biodiversity can also be disrupted in the case of depleting non-renewable resources. A second tie … [Read more...]