The First Law of Ecology

A population  is agroup of organisms of a single species that live and reproduce in the same area. Types of variables State variable : ra...

Principle of Allocation Organisms have a limited amount of energy to spend so they much allocate it to competing demands. How are resource...

Life history refers to the schedule of reproduction, along with the allocation tradeoffs of reproduction and survival. Dispersal is the s...

Foraging refers to a species eating habits - what to eat, when to eat, where to eat, and when to stop feeding in a certain area. Foraging i...

Scaling means relating an organism's body size to an entity of process. It is usually done with power functions. Body size is important ...

There are many aspects of biomechanics that can be seen and studied in nature. However, this lecture focuses on how moving fluids affect org...

Ecology is the study of "home life of living organisms. It comes from the Greek word oikos , meaning house. It is the study of the int...