Key Points for Unit 6
Now that you have completed the online component for Unit 6, don't forget that you must return to CourseLink in order to complete Quiz 6.
Before next class, consider what new elements you have learned about the campus woodlots/natural areas (species diversity, native/non-native) - and how that may affect which one you feel ought to be developed.
- Expand the list the characteristics of each of the campus woodlots including the different types of methods used to provide evidence to support the biodiversity claims of the characters in this case study of woodlot biodiversity.
- Understand that biogeographical patterns and range distributions are explained or predicted through knowledge and understanding of a species traits and niche requirements in the context of species habitat.
- Define and give an example of a species that is an ecosystem engineer.
- List and discuss the characteristics of an invasive species.
Now that you have completed the online component for Unit 6, don't forget that you must return to CourseLink in order to complete Quiz 6.
Before next class, consider what new elements you have learned about the campus woodlots/natural areas (species diversity, native/non-native) - and how that may affect which one you feel ought to be developed.