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Introduction to ecosystems
Introduction to ecosystems

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Acknowledgements

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The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this unit:

Week 1 Figures

Figure 1 © Shawndra Hayes-Budgen (Scorpions and Centaurs)/Flickr.com

Figure 2 © The Open University

Figure 3 © cinoby/iStockphoto.com

Week 1 AV

The wetlands of Wicken Fen © The Open University, contains BBC clips © BBC

Week 2 Figures

Figure 1 © fotoVoyager/iStockphoto.com

Figure 2 © sborisov/iStockphoto.com

Figure 3 ©keiichihiki/iStockphoto.com

Figure 4 © Dr David J Robinson FRES

Figure 5 © sakakawea7/iStockphoto.com

Figure 6 © Valmol48/iStockphoto.com

Figure 7 ©  Dorling_Kindersley/iStockphoto.com

Figure 8 ©  Smithore/iStockphoto.com

Week 2 AV

Introduction video © The Open University, contains BBC clips © BBC

Following a food chain © The Open University, contains BBC clips ©BBC

How plants make food © The Open University, contains BBC clips ©BBC

Life in trees: squirrels © BBC

Watching flying foxes © The Open University/BBC

Week 3 Figures

Figure 1 © Ron_Thomas/iStockphoto.com

Figure 2 © Dr David J Robinson FRES

Figure 3 © Mlenny/iStockphoto.com

Figure 4 © The Open University

Figure 5 © ColbyJoe/iStockphoto.com

Figure 6 © Robinson, M., A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia

Figure 7 © The Open University

Figure 8 © Dr Peter Davies

Figure 9 © Brad Alexander

Figure 12 © The Open University

Figure 13 © Dr Lloyd Glenn Ingles, California Academy of Sciences

Figure 14 © The Open University

Figure 15 ©  Dr David J Robinson FRES

Figure 16 © zanskar/iStockphoto.com

Figure 17 © (a) DmitryND/iStockphoto.com (b) Dr Angelika Renner

Figure 18 © Dr David J Robinson FRES

Figure 19 © Dr David J Robinson FRES

Week 3 AV

Krill © Video: British Antarctic Survey, Text: The Open University

Large scale change © Video: British Antarctic Survey, Text: The Open University

Week 4 Figures

Figure 1 © Dr David J Robinson

Figure 2 © micro_photo/iStockphoto.com

Figure 3 © micro_photo/iStockphoto.com

Figure 4 © The Open University

Figure 5 © Dr David J Robinson

Figure 6 © Dr David J Robinson

Week 4 AV

Filtering food from the ocean © The Open University, contains BBC clips ©BBC

Ecosystems and diversity - a practical activity © The Open University/BBC

Week 5 Figures

Figure 1 © Dr Patricia J Ash

Figure 2 © Chris Sperring/BBC

Figure 3 © photocabin/iStockphoto.com

Week 6 Figures

Figure 1 © kemo1980/iStockphoto.com

Figure 2 © guenterguni/iStockphoto.com

Figure 3 © Dr David J Robinson FRES

Figure 4 © Dr David J Robinson FRES

Figure 5 © da-kuk/iStockphoto.com

Week 6 AV

China’s Loess Plateau © Text: The Open University

Loess Plateau’s success © Text: The Open University

Conclusion © The Open University

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