Biodiversity
Trophic Levels
10% Rule
Net Product Productivity
Biodiversity
California Gnatcatcher
Robert MacArthur & E.O. Wilson Island Biogeography
Island Biogeography Galapagos Islands
Speciation Darwin’s Finches
Geographic Isolation
Continental Drift
Mass Extinctions
Paul and Anne Ehrlich
Interspecific Interactions InteractionInd. # 1Ind. # 2 Competition-- Predation+- Mutualism++ Commensalism+0
Competition Interspecific Intraspecific
Competitive Exclusion Rule Two species cannot occupy the same ecological niche
Resource Partitioning
Character Displacement
Predation
Plant Defenses Physical Thorns Spines Chemical Poisons Nicotine Strychnine Morphine Tannins
Animal Defenses Physical Shells Horns/Antlers/Quil ls Teeth Chemical Poisons Odors
Animal Defenses Cryptic Coloration Aposematic Coloration
Animal Defenses Batesian Mimicry Mullerian Mimicry
Mutualism
Commensalism
Keystone Species
Principles P 56 # 10 P58 # 10 G P84 # 17 P 94 # 1