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Adrien Sandercock 2nd Period Granville Ecology Project Adrien Sandercock 2nd Period Granville

Mutualism Interspecific relationship that benefits both species Examples: ants and the acacia, clown fish and sea anemone Can involve evolution of related adaptations For example, flowering plants attract their pollinators

Commensalism Interspecific relationship where one species benefits, and the other is neither helped nor harmed Difficult to document due to the fact that close contact nearly always affects both species Examples: “hitchhiking” algae that grow on turtle shells, birds that feed on insects flushed from the plants by cattle

Adaptation Interspecific relations can often drive evolution Predation Competition Coevolution Coevolution-reciprocal evolutionary adaptations of two interacting species Genetic change in one organism is tied to that in the other True coevolution is rare; most organisms are guided by predation and competition

Species Diversity Species Diversity- the variety of kinds of organisms that make up a community 2 Components: species richness and relative abundance Species Richness- total number of different species in the community Relative Abundance- proportion each species represent of the total individuals in the community Diversity is vital to maintaining ecological balance

Trophic Structure Feeding relationships between organisms in a community Transfer of food energy up the trophic levels Sun > Producer (Plant) > Primary Consumer (Herbivore) > Secondary Consumer (Carnivore) > Tertiary Consumers > Quaternary Consumers

Food Webs Food chains link together to form food webs Links species based on who eats whom Similar species within a trophic level are often grouped together to simplify huge webs

Limits on Food Chain Length Each food chain generally has only a few links, rarely surpassing seven, and staying mostly at a max length of five (first pointed out by Charles Elton, 1920s) There are two main hypotheses regarding this: Energetic Hypothesis Dynamic Stability Hypothesis *Energetic Hypothesis- length of food chain limits efficiency of the transfer of energy more energy in photosynthetic communities means a longer possible length 10% of energy in each trophic level is passed on to the consumer Dynamic Stability hypothesis- long food chains are less stable and vulnerable to population fluctuation; changes in lower trophic levels are magnified in the upper levels

Dominant Species Dominant species- those in a community that are the most abundant or have the largest collective biomass Have a powerful control over the occurrence and distribution of other species Example: sugar maples, dominant in many eastern North American forests- impacts abiotic factors like shading and soil nutrients Example: American chestnut, formerly dominant in eastern North American deciduous forests; wiped out by fungal blight Elimination of the dominant species can kill species that depend on it, but also allows other species to compete better

Keystone Species Aren’t necessarily numerous like dominant species, but they too exert strong control due to their critical niche Maintain the balance of the community Example: sea otters eat urchins, which eat kelp; in areas with abundant sea otters, there are few urchins and large kelp forests, but in areas with fewer of the otters, there are lots of urchins and no kelp