GEOG1710 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Previous Lecture I Ecosystem Processes II Ecosystems Organized III Ecosystems in a Food Chain IV Carbon Cycle V Nitrogen Cycle Outline of Current Lecture I Biogeography Current Lecture Biogeography Study of plants and animals and how they are distributed across space and time Dispersal of an invasive species good dispersers They are distributed that way because of o Vicariance or geographic barriers o o Abiotic factors such as extinction probability o Biotic factors These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Disturbances o A discrete event in time space that alters the structure of a population community and ecosystem o Ecosystems recover over time o o Humans also cause disturbances through o agriculture o urbanization o settlements o mining Elements that affect wildfire include fuel weather and topography
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