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Community Interactions
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Community – all the species in a given location at a given time Habitat the physical environment they live in : Redwood forest Niche – how a species uses the resources in its habitat –Builds nest in tree top vs. lower branches Similar species coexist by Niche specialization.
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Paramecium caudatum Paramecium aurelia Competitive exclusion
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Competitive Exclusion The more similar two species’ niches the more they compete. No two species can share the exact same niche- one dies out. Species evolve to diverge their niches by Resource Partitioning
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Competition for space on the rocks Weak competitors stuck higher up in the intertidal
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Resource Partitioning
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Smartweed Indian mallow Bristly foxtail
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Character Displacement Two species with same Beak size can not Coexist on same island One adaptive result of resource partitioning
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Types of Interspecific Interactions Species ASpecies B Commensalism+0 Mutualism++ Competition-- Predation+- Parasitism+-
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Canadian lynx (dashed line) Snowshoe hares (solid line) Predator & Prey a Mutualism?
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Caulerpa taxifolia suffocating a marine ecosystem Do not post on Internet
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Number of species of antsNumber of species of breeding birds
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Mosses Vascular Plants Number of colonizing species of mosses and vascular plants recorded on Surtsey between 1965 and 1973
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Keystone species Pisaster (Sea Star) defends tide pool from being taken over by mussels, barnacles.
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Sea Otters maintain Kelp forest Otters are a Keystone species Kelp are the base of the kelp forest community Urchins eat kelp at their base Otters eat urchins, keeping their numbers low. Otter numbers along California are dropping. Alaska- Orcas starting to eat otters, because seal numbers are dropping No fish for seals
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Succession:Community Structure changes over time Primary Succession: starts with no soil, just bare exposed rock –Progresses in stages until long term climax stage Secondary Succession starts with the climax vegetation type –Disturbance (fire) resets timeline –Progresses in stages back to climax.
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1-Glacier Retreats 2-Barren Rock 3-Moss and Lichen
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4-Cottonwood and Alders 5-Spruce moves in 6-Spruce and Hemlock Climax Vegetation
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Fire Cycle in Chaparral
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Fire poppies in burn area
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Madrones sprouts from burl
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Ceanothus seedlings sprout after fire
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1 month post fire Schmidts, M.J., D.A. Sims, J.A. Gamon California State University, Los Angeles, CA http://vcsars.calstatela.edu/eas_00/miriam/miriam_esa_00.html
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First spring 3 years post fire
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20 and 40 years post fire
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Mosaic of ages burns
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