Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh Edition Solomon Berg Martin Ecology: The study of how organisms interact with each other and the environment.
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Ecology Definitions: Habitat: The space or environment when an organism lives Niche: role of an organism in a community Biotic Factors: All the living things within an environment Abiotic Factors: All the physical (non-living) things in an environment
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Limiting Resources Environmental factors that restrict the growth of populations. Examples: –Food –Habitat –water
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Effect of competition on an organism’s realized niche
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Competition Two or more individuals attempting to use the same resource Intraspecific competition –Among individuals within a population Interspecific competition –Between different species
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Interspecific competition
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Competitive exclusion principle Two species cannot occupy the same niche in the same community for an indefinite period One species is excluded by another as a result of competition
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Some species reduce competition by resource partitioning Competition among species is reduced by character displacement Structural ecological and behavioral characteristics diverge where ranges overlap
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Resource partitioning
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Ecological interactions among species
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Symbiosis Mutualism –Both partners benefit Commensalism –One partner benefits and the other is unaffected Parasitism –One partner benefits while the other is harmed
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Mutualism between flowering plants & pollinators
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Mutualism between clown fish & sea anemone Mutualism between clown fish & sea anemone
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Commensalism: Spanish moss & trees
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Parasitism: Ticks and Mammals
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Parasitism
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Predation Consumption of one species (the prey) by another (the predator) Co-evolution Predator and prey both evolve more efficient ways to interact
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Predator-Prey Graph
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Defenses Mechanical defenses Associating in groups Camouflage Warning coloration Mimicry
Copyright © 2005 Brooks/Cole — Thomson Learning Biology, Seventh EditionCHAPTER 52 Community Ecology Prey Defense Mechanisms