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Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control. Chapter 5. Core Case Study: Southern Sea Otters: Are They Back from the Brink of Extinction?. Habitat Hunted: early 1900s Partial recovery Why care about sea otters? Ethics Keystone species Tourism dollars. Southern Sea Otter. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
Chapter 5
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Core Case Study: Southern Sea Otters: Are They Back from the Brink of Extinction?
Habitat
Hunted: early 1900s
Partial recovery
Why care about sea otters?• Ethics• Keystone species• Tourism dollars
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Southern Sea Otter
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Video: Coral spawning
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5-1 How Do Species Interact?
Concept 5-1 Five types of species interactions—competition, predation, parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism—affect the resource use and population sizes of the species in an ecosystem.
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Species Interact in Five Major Ways
Interspecific Competition
Predation
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
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Most Species Compete with One Another for Certain Resources
Competition
Competitive exclusion principle
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Most Consumer Species Feed on Live Organisms of Other Species (1)
Predators may capture prey by• Walking• Swimming• Flying• Pursuit and ambush• Camouflage• Chemical warfare
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Most Consumer Species Feed on Live Organisms of Other Species (2)
Prey may avoid capture by• Camouflage• Chemical warfare• Warning coloration• Mimicry• Deceptive looks• Deceptive behavior
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Some Ways Prey Species Avoid Their Predators
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Fig. 5-2, p. 103
(h) When touched,snake caterpillar changesshape to look like head of snake.
(a) Span worm (b) Wandering leaf insect
(c) Bombardier beetle (d) Foul-tasting monarch butterfly
(f) Viceroy butterfly mimicsmonarch butterfly(e) Poison dart frog
(g) Hind wings of Io mothresemble eyes of a muchlarger animal.
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(d) Foul-tasting monarch butterfly
(e) Poison dart frog
Fig. 5-2, p. 103
Stepped Art
(h) When touched,snake caterpillar changesshape to look like head of snake.
(a) Span worm (b) Wandering leaf insect
(c) Bombardier beetle
(f) Viceroy butterfly mimicsmonarch butterfly
(g) Hind wings of Io mothresemble eyes of a muchlarger animal.
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Science Focus: Why Should We Care about Kelp Forests?
Kelp forests: biologically diverse marine habitat
Major threats to kelp forests• Sea urchins• Pollution from water run-off• Global warming
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Purple Sea Urchin
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Predator and Prey Species Can Drive Each Other’s Evolution
Intense natural selection pressures between predator and prey populations
Coevolution
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Coevolution: A Langohrfledermaus Bat Hunting a Moth
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Some Species Feed off Other Species by Living on or in Them
Parasitism
Parasite-host interaction may lead to coevolution
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Parasitism: Tree with Parasitic Mistletoe, Trout with Blood-Sucking Sea Lampreys
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In Some Interactions, Both Species Benefit
Mutualism
Nutrition and protection relationship
Gut inhabitant mutualism
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Mutualism: Oxpeckers Clean Rhinoceros; Anemones Protect and Feed Clownfish
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Fig. 5-5a, p. 106(a) Oxpeckers and black rhinoceros
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Fig. 5-5b, p. 106(b) Clownfish and sea anemone
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In Some Interactions, One Species Benefits and the Other Is Not Harmed
Commensalism
Epiphytes
Birds nesting in trees
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Commensalism: Bromiliad Roots on Tree Trunk Without Harming Tree
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Animation: Life history patterns
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Animation: Capture-recapture method
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Video: Kelp forest (Channel Islands)
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Video: Otter feeding
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Video: Salmon swimming upstream
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5-2 How Can Natural Selection Reduce Competition between Species?
Concept 5-2 Some species develop adaptations that allow them to reduce or avoid competition with other species for resources.
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Some Species Evolve Ways to Share Resources
Resource partitioning
Reduce niche overlap
Use shared resources at different• Times• Places• Ways
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Competing Species Can Evolve to Reduce Niche Overlap
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Fig. 5-7, p. 107Resource use
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Sharing the Wealth: Resource Partitioning
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Fig. 5-8, p. 107
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
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Fig. 5-8, p. 107
Cape May Warbler
Stepped Art
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
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Specialist Species of Honeycreepers
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Fig. 5-9, p. 108
Kona Grosbeak
Fruit and seed eaters Insect and nectar eaters
Kuai Akialaoa
Amakihi
Crested Honeycreeper
Apapane
Unkown finch ancestor
Maui Parrotbill
Akiapolaau
Greater Koa-finch
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5-3 What Limits the Growth of Populations?
Concept 5-3 No population can continue to grow indefinitely because of limitations on resources and because of competition among species for those resources.
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Populations Have Certain Characteristics (1)
Populations differ in• Distribution• Numbers• Age structure
Population dynamics
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Populations Have Certain Characteristics (2)
Changes in population characteristics due to:• Temperature• Presence of disease organisms or harmful
chemicals• Resource availability• Arrival or disappearance of competing species
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Most Populations Live Together in Clumps or Patches (1)
Population distribution • Clumping• Uniform dispersion• Random dispersion
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Most Populations Live Together in Clumps or Patches (2)
Why clumping?• Species tend to cluster where resources are
available• Groups have a better chance of finding clumped
resources• Protects some animals from predators• Packs allow some to get prey• Temporary groups for mating and caring for
young
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Populations Can Grow, Shrink, or Remain Stable (1)
Population size governed by• Births• Deaths• Immigration• Emigration
Population change =
(births + immigration) – (deaths + emigration)
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Populations Can Grow, Shrink, or Remain Stable (2)
Age structure• Pre-reproductive age• Reproductive age• Post-reproductive age
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No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (1)
Biotic potential• Low • High
Intrinsic rate of increase (r)
Individuals in populations with high r • Reproduce early in life• Have short generation times• Can reproduce many times• Have many offspring each time they reproduce
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No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (2)
Size of populations limited by• Light• Water• Space• Nutrients• Exposure to too many competitors, predators or
infectious diseases
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No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (3)
Environmental resistance
Carrying capacity (K)
Exponential growth
Logistic growth
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Science Focus: Why Are Protected Sea Otters Making a Slow Comeback?
Low biotic potential
Prey for orcas
Cat parasites
Thorny-headed worms
Toxic algae blooms
PCBs and other toxins
Oil spills
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Population Size of Southern Sea Otters Off the Coast of So. California (U.S.)
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No Population Can Continue to Increase in Size Indefinitely
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Fig. 5-11, p. 111
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Population stabilizes
Exponentialgrowth
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Logistic Growth of a Sheep Population on the island of Tasmania, 1800–1925
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Fig. 5-12, p. 111
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Populationruns out ofresourcesand crashes
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When a Population Exceeds Its Habitat’s Carrying Capacity, Its Population Can Crash
Carrying capacity: not fixed
Reproductive time lag may lead to overshoot• Dieback (crash)
Damage may reduce area’s carrying capacity
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Exponential Growth, Overshoot, and Population Crash of a Reindeer
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Fig. 5-13, p. 112
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Species Have Different Reproductive Patterns
r-Selected species, opportunists
K-selected species, competitors
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Positions of r- and K-Selected Species on the S-Shaped Population Growth Curve
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Fig. 5-14, p. 112
Carrying capacity
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Genetic Diversity Can Affect the Size of Small Populations
Founder effect
Demographic bottleneck
Genetic drift
Inbreeding
Minimum viable population size
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Under Some Circumstances Population Density Affects Population Size
Density-dependent population controls• Predation• Parasitism• Infectious disease• Competition for resources
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Several Different Types of Population Change Occur in Nature
Stable
Irruptive
Cyclic fluctuations, boom-and-bust cycles• Top-down population regulation• Bottom-up population regulation
Irregular
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Population Cycles for the Snowshoe Hare and Canada Lynx
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Humans Are Not Exempt from Nature’s Population Controls
Ireland• Potato crop in 1845
Bubonic plague• Fourteenth century
AIDS• Global epidemic
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Case Study: Exploding White-Tailed Deer Population in the U.S.
1900: deer habitat destruction and uncontrolled hunting
1920s–1930s: laws to protect the deer
Current population explosion for deer• Lyme disease• Deer-vehicle accidents• Eating garden plants and shrubs
Ways to control the deer population
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Active Figure: Exponential growth
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Animation: Logistic growth
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5-4 How Do Communities and Ecosystems Respond to Changing Environmental Conditions?
Concept 5-4 The structure and species composition of communities and ecosystems change in response to changing environmental conditions through a process called ecological succession.
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Communities and Ecosystems Change over Time: Ecological Succession
Natural ecological restoration• Primary succession• Secondary succession
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Some Ecosystems Start from Scratch: Primary Succession
No soil in a terrestrial system
No bottom sediment in an aquatic system
Early successional plant species, pioneer
Midsuccessional plant species
Late successional plant species
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Primary Ecological Succession
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Fig. 5-16, p. 116
Time
Exposedrocks
Lichens andmosses
Small herbsand shrubs
Heath mat
Jack pine,black spruce,and aspen
Balsam fir,paper birch, andwhite spruceforest community
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Some Ecosystems Do Not Have to Start from Scratch: Secondary Succession (1)
Some soil remains in a terrestrial system
Some bottom sediment remains in an aquatic system
Ecosystem has been• Disturbed• Removed• Destroyed
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Natural Ecological Restoration of Disturbed Land
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Fig. 5-17, p. 117
Time
Annualweeds
Perennialweeds andgrasses
Shrubs andsmall pineseedlings
Young pine forestwith developing understory of oak and hickory trees
Mature oak and hickory forest
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Some Ecosystems Do Not Have to Start from Scratch: Secondary Succession (2)
Primary and secondary succession• Tend to increase biodiversity• Increase species richness and interactions
among species
Primary and secondary succession can be interrupted by• Fires• Hurricanes• Clear-cutting of forests• Plowing of grasslands• Invasion by nonnative species
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Science Focus: How Do Species Replace One Another in Ecological Succession?
Facilitation
Inhibition
Tolerance
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Succession Doesn’t Follow a Predictable Path
Traditional view • Balance of nature and a climax community
Current view • Ever-changing mosaic of patches of vegetation• Mature late-successional ecosystems • State of continual disturbance and change
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Living Systems Are Sustained through Constant Change
Inertia, persistence• Ability of a living system to survive moderate
disturbances
Resilience • Ability of a living system to be restored through
secondary succession after a moderate disturbance
Tipping point