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Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interaction, Population Control
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HOW DO SPECIES INTERACT?
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Interspecific Competition
Members of two or more different species interact to gain access to the same limited resources
• Niches overlap; the greater the overlap, the more intense the competition
• No two species can occupy the same niche for very long; Competitive Exclusion
• Both species may suffer
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Intraspecific Competition
Members of the same species interact to gain access to the same limited resources
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Predation
• Predator – prey relationship; 1 species feeds directly on all or part of another species; usually on live species
• Help sustainability (ex. – kelp-urchin-otter)• Carnivores use either ambush or pursuit to
capture prey• Ambush: camouflage is used; adapted by prey
as well
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Predation
• Chemical warfare: used by spiders, snakes, to paralyze prey
• Prey use adaptations such as speed, alert systems (senses) , avoidance (ex. – shells), mimicry and scare tactics
• Role in natural selection: weeding out the weak, aged, sick in a population
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Predation
• Coevolution may occur; changes in one species gene pool leads to adaptive changes in another’s
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Parasitism
One species (the parasite) feeds on the body of, or energy used by, another organism
• Parasite is much smaller than host• May weaken but rarely kills host• Some live in host (tapeworms) some attach to
outside of host (lampreys)• Some have little contact with hosts (cowbirds)• Coevolution can happen (malaria)
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Mutualism
Interaction that benefits both species by providing food, shelter, or some resource
• Pollinators• Birds that eat parasites off skin of other
animals, also act as alarm system• Clownfish – anemone• Gut-inhabitant species
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Commensalism
Interaction that benefits one species while other is not affected
• Epiphytes such as orchids and bromeliads
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NATURAL SELECTION REDUCES COMPETITION
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Resource Partitioning
When species competing for similar resources evolve traits that allow them to share resources at different times, ways, or places
• Examples: warblers and honeycreepers
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LIMITS OF POPULATION GROWTH
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Characteristics
Populations differ in:• Distribution• Numbers• Density• Age structurePopulation Dynamics studies changes in all the
above in response to environmental changes
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3 Patterns of Distribution
• Clumping – example; desert vegetation around springs; location & size varies with availability of resources; offers advantages
• Uniform Distribution• Random Distribution
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Numbers
Numbers vary cyclically• Population Change = (births + immigration) –
(deaths + emigration)• Age Structure: proportions of individuals in
various age groups– Pre-reproductive– Reproductive– Post-reproductive
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Indefinite Population Growth? No!
• Biotic Potential: large animals at a disadvantage; low biotic potential
• Intrinsic Rate of Increase (r): rate at which population would increase if unlimited resources are available
• High r value: reproduce early, often, short generation time, produce many offspring
• Scientific Principles of Sustainability – always limits population growth
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Environmental Resistance
Combination of all factors that limit population growth
• With biotic potential, it determines the Carrying Capacity (k); the maximum population a habitat can sustain
• Exponential growth: 1-2% increase; when graphed, produces a “J” curve
• Logistic Growth: rapid exponential growth followed by a leveling off; when graphed, produces an “S” curve
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Population Crash
• No logistic curve is achieved• Brought on by a reproductive time lag in rates
of births and deaths• Die-back occurs• Sometimes when a population exceeds k, it
causes damages that reduce k (over-grazing in the US)
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Reproductive Patterns
• r-selected species: have many offspring, give little or no parental care, are opportunists, susceptible to population crash
• K-selected species: reproduce later in life, produce small numbers of offspring, matire slowly, longer life spans, parental protection, logistic pattern
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Genetic Diversity
Affects smaller populations:• Founder Effect: a population colonizes a new
habitat• Demographic Bottleneck: few individuals
survive a catastrophe• Genetic Drift: random changes in gene
frequency → unequal reproductive success• Inbreeding: increases frequency of defective
genes
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Population Density
Number of individuals per unit area or volume• Density-Dependent Controls: predation,
infectious disease, competition• High Density: successful reproduction, leads to
increased competition• Abiotic Controls are density independent (ex. -
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Types of Population Change
• Stable: population fluctuates slightly above and below its carrying capacity
• Irruptive: occasional population explosion followed by a crash to stable level; algae, insects (summer – winter)
• Cyclic: follow a top-down or bottom-up regulation
• Irregular: no recurring pattern
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Humans not Exempt
• Irish potato famine• Bubonic plague• AIDS/HIV
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ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
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Primary Succession
A gradual establishment of biotic communities in lifeless areas where there is no soil in terrestrial ecosystems and no bottom sediment in an aquatic ecosystem
• Examples: bare rock from glacial retreat, newly cooled lava, parking lot or highway, newly created pond or reservoir
• Involves a pioneer species
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Primary Succession
• Slow process• Pioneer species begin soil formation (ex –
lichens and mosses)• Followed by mid-successional plants (shrubs,
grasses, herbs)• Late-successional plants (trees)
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Secondary Succession
A series of communities or ecosystems with different species develop in places containing soil or bottom sediment
• Occurs where an ecosystem has been disturbed, removed, or destroyed
• Include abandoned farmland, burned or cut forests, heavily polluted streams, flooded land
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Secondary Succession
• Both types of succession increase biodiversity and thus the sustainability of communities and ecosystems
• Environmental disturbances can set both processes back
• Succession does not follow a predictable path
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Stability in Living Systems
• Inertia (Persistence): the ability of a living system to survive a moderate disturbance
• Resilience: the ability of a living system to be restored through secondary succession after a moderate disturbance
• Ecosystems are one or the other• Tipping point comes into play (systems dealing
with multiple stresses)