Outline for Chapter 16 - Ecosystems and Biomes

• ecosystem
• ecology
• biogeography

Ecosystem Components and Cycles

Communities

• community
• habitat
• niche

Plants: The Essential Biotic Component

Leaf Activity

• stomata

Photosynthesis and Respiration

• photosynthesis
• chlorophyll
• respiration

Net Primary Productivity

• net primary productivity
• biomass

Abiotic Ecosystem Components

Light, Temperature, Water, and Climate

Life Zones

Gaseous and Sedimentary Cycles

• biogeochemical cycles

Limiting factors

Biotic Ecosystem Operations

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

• producers
• consumers
• food chain
• food web
• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposers
  

Stability and Succession

Ecosystem Stability and Diversity

• biodiversity

Climate Change

Ecological Succession

Terrestrial Succession

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• pioneer community

Fire Ecology

Aquatic Succession

• eutrophication

Earth's Major Terrestrial Biomes

• terrestrial ecosystem

Terrestrial Ecosystem Concepts

• biome
• ecotone
• formation classes

Equatorial and Tropical Rain Forest

Desert Biomes