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Community Ecology

Species Interactions. Predators vs. ParasitesHow is mimicry used?Plant defensesCompetitionMutalism vs. Commensalism. Predation . Predators capture, kills and consumes preyRegulates pop. SizeThink: what examples of adaptations that improve a predators abilities can you think of?Poison, webs, t

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Community Ecology

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    1. Community Ecology

    2. Species Interactions Predators vs. Parasites How is mimicry used? Plant defenses Competition Mutalism vs. Commensalism

    3. Predation Predators capture, kills and consumes prey Regulates pop. Size Think: what examples of adaptations that improve a predators abilities can you think of? Poison, webs, teeth, comouflage

    4. Prey defenses

    5. Mimicry A harmless species resembles a poisonous or distasteful species King Snakes vs. Coral Snakes (found in S. US) Bees and wasps

    6. Left Monarchs eat poison Milkweed Right Viceroys are harmless

    7. Plant-Herbivore interactions Plant defense? Thorns, spikes, tough leaves, Chemical defenses: Secondary Compounds that are poisonous, irritating or bad tasting Strychnine Nicotine Poison Ivy/ Oak

    8. Parasites and Hosts One organisms is harmed, and the other benefits Usually does not immeadiately kill host Ectoparasites: external Ticks, fleas, lice Endoparasites: internal Bacteria, malaria, tapeworms Tapeworms don’t even need a digestive system, since they get food from hosts

    9. Competition Niches overlap Resources are limited Happens between plants What do plants compete for? Light, water, nutrients How do plants compete? Herbicides, creosote, out growing

    10. Competitive Exclusion One species uses resources more efficiently and has a reproductive advantage that eventually drives out another species from a habitat.

    11. tidal zonation of Chthamalus and Balanus (barnacles) is the result of competition and what environment each can tolerate. Competition for space, however, was responsible for the sharp boundary between the two species.

    14. Avoiding competition Niche Differences or anatomical differences evolve that lessen competition Character displacement A bunch of finches live in the same area but have dif. beaks and eat slightly dif foods. Resource Partitioning I’ll use this part of the resource, you use that part.

    15. Mutualism: A cooperative relationship in which both species benefit Ants live in the bull horn acacia plant ? Ants get food from plant and protect it Pollination: Bees and flowers Us and the gardens in our guts Commensalism: one species benefits and the other is not affected Little birds follow around buffalo and eat insects they scare up Remora fish

    16. Side note The African (cape) Buffalo Takes several lions to bring one down Very Aggressive, Known as the “black death” Once wounded, have doubled back and ambushed hunters

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