- Beautiful article: The Human Lake by Carl Zimmer. How GE Huthchinson became the father of modern ecology, taking it from simple natural history to experimental and theoretical ecology. Read it!
Ecosystems
- A good animation on succession
- Primary succession on a glacial moraine, from Freeman LifeWire
Forest succession, from Wiley
Forest succession, from Ecoplexity
Collection of succession animations, from Nodvin Environmental Science
Do succession and disturbance explain why we live in dangerous places? - Succession Quiz
- Fantastic resource by the Field Studies Council on Ecology fieldwork and succession in sand dunes, saltmarshes and ponds
TED Talk – Why I'm a weekday vegetarian
When you watch it, think about how it related to issues of energy flow and the land needed to produce for a meat-eating diet.
When you watch it, think about how it related to issues of energy flow and the land needed to produce for a meat-eating diet.
The Nitrogen Cycle
- Some useful information that will help you consolidate your notes on the nitrogen cycle
- An interesting animation showing the stages of the nitrogen cycle
In this crash course video Hank describes the desperate need many organisms have for nutrients (specifically nitrogen and phosphorus) and how they go about getting them via the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles.
Elephants can live for 70 years. But what happens when one of these magnificent beasts dies in the wild? This stunning film finds out, as a five-tonne elephant feeds a new cycle of life
Conservation
Ted talk on how big brands can help save biodiversity
- The Slender-billed curlew is on the edge of extinction, no official confirmed records of its existence have occurred since 2001. Listen to Horatio Clare, a writer and journalist, is his quest, to find evidence that it still exists.
- Listen to this Radio 4 programme for the latest news on the designation of conservation areas around the English and Welsh coasts
- Interesting articles from the BBC on the Wildlife crash in Masai Mara and the extinction of the Western black rhino