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1 Welcome to APES!! Have a seat and discuss this question with the people around you: Although mustangs are not native to the United States, they exist in several western states on federally owned land. As an introduced species, what should be done with them? a) As an exotic species, they should immediately be removed and adopted or killed. b) Although they are an exotic species, they are part of our heritage, and should be allowed to stay. c) They have been here so long, we should just leave them alone. d) Many countries eat horse flesh, so we should round them up and export them to horse eating countries. 1
2 Case Study: black and white and spread all over In 1988, Zebra mussels were accidentally introduced to Lake St. Clair In discharged ballast water By 2010, they had invaded 30 states No natural predators, competitors, or parasites They cause millions of dollars of damage to property each year 2
3 Species interactions Species interactions are the backbone of communities Natural species interactions: Competition = both species are harmed Exploitative = one species benefits and the other is harmed Predation, parasitism, and herbivory Mutualism = both species benefit 3
4 Competition Competition = multiple organisms seek the same limited resources Food, space, water, shelter, mates, sunlight Intraspecific competition = between members of the same species High population density = increased competition Interspecific competition = between members of 2 or more species Strongly affects community composition Leads to competitive exclusion or species coexistence 4
5 Results of interspecific competition Competitive exclusion = one species completely excludes another species from using the resource Zebra mussels displaced native mussels in the Great Lakes Species coexistence = neither species fully excludes the other from resources, so both live side by side This produces a stable point of equilibrium, with stable population sizes Species minimize competition by using only a part of the available resource (niche) 5
6 Niche: an individual s ecological role Fundamental niche = the full niche of a species Realized niche = the portion of the fundamental niche that is actually filled Due to competition or other species interactions 6
7 Resource partitioning Resource partitioning = species use different resources Or they use shared resources in different ways Ex: one species is active at night, another in the day Ex: one species eats small seeds, another eats large seeds 7
8 Character displacement Character displacement = competing species diverge in their physical characteristics Due to the evolution of traits best suited to the resources they use Results from resource partitioning Birds that eat larger seeds evolve larger bills Birds that eat smaller seeds evolve smaller bills Competition is reduced when two species become more different 8
9 Exploitation: predation Exploitation = one member exploits another for its own gain (+/ interactions) Predation, parasitism, herbivory Predation = process by which individuals of one species (predators) capture, kill, and consume individuals of another species (prey) Structures food webs The number of predators and prey influences community composition 9
10 Zebra mussel predation on phytoplankton Zebra mussels eat phytoplankton and zooplankton Both populations decrease in lakes with zebra mussels Zebra mussels don t eat cyanobacteria Population increases in lakes with zebra mussels Zebra mussels are becoming prey for some North American predators: Diving ducks, muskrats, crayfish, flounder, sturgeon, eels, carp, and freshwater drum 10
11 Effects of predation on populations Increased prey populations increase predators Predators survive and reproduce Increased predator populations decrease prey Predators starve Decreased predator populations increase prey populations 11
12 Predation has evolutionary ramifications Natural selection leads to evolution of adaptations that make predators better hunters Individuals who are better at catching prey: Live longer, healthier lives Take better care of offspring Prey face strong selection pressures: they are at risk of immediate death Prey develop elaborate defenses against being eaten 12
13 Defenses against being eaten 13
14 Exploitation: parasitism Parasitism = a relationship in which one organism (parasite) depends on another (host) For nourishment or some other benefit The parasite harms, but doesn t kill, the host Some are free living Infrequent contact with their hosts Ticks, sea lampreys Some live within the host Disease, tapeworms 14
15 Parasites evolve in response to each other Parasitoids = insects that parasitize other insects killing the host Coevolution = hosts and parasites become locked in a duel of escalating adaptations Has been called an evolutionary arms race Each evolves new responses to the other It may not be beneficial to the parasite to kill its host 15
16 Exploitation: herbivory Herbivory = animals feed on the tissues of plants Widely seen in insects May not kill the plant But affects its growth and survival Defenses against herbivory include: Chemicals: toxic or distasteful Thorns, spines, or irritating hairs Other animals: protect the plant 16
17 Mutualism Two or more species benefit from their interactions (+/+) Symbiosis = mutualism in which the organisms live in close physical contact Each partner provides a service the other needs (food, protection, housing, etc.) Microbes within digestive tracts Mycorrhizae: plant roots and fungi Coral and algae (zooxanthellae) Pollination = bees, bats, birds and others transfer pollen from one flower to another, fertilizing its eggs 17
18 Pollination In exchange for the plant nectar, the animals pollinate plants, which allows them to reproduce Merlin Tuttle 18
19 Merlin Tuttle 19
20 Relationships with no effect on one member Amensalism = a relationship in which one organism is harmed while the other is unaffected ( /0) Difficult to confirm, because usually one organism benefits from another Allelopathy = certain plants release harmful chemicals Example: Black Walnut Trees Or, is this a way to outcompete another for space and tomatoes? harming kill my Commensalism = a relationship in which one organism benefits, while the other remains unaffected (+/0) Example: Clown fish 20
21 Ecological communities Community = an assemblage of populations of organisms living in the same place at the same time Members interact with each other Interactions determine the structure, function, and species composition of the community Community ecologists are people interested in how: Species coexist and relate to one another Communities change, and why patterns exist 21
22 Energy passes through trophic levels One of the most important species interactions Who eats whom? Matter and energy move through the community Trophic levels = rank in the feeding hierarchy Producers (autotrophs) Consumers Detritivores and decomposers 22
23 Producers: the first trophic level Producers, or autotrophs ( self feeders ) = organisms capture solar energy for photosynthesis to produce sugars Green plants Cyanobacteria Algae Chemosynthetic bacteria use the geothermal energy in hot springs or deep sea vents to produce their food 23
24 Consumers: consume producers Primary consumers = second trophic level Organisms that consume producers Herbivores consume plants Deer, grasshoppers Secondary consumers = third trophic level Organisms that prey on primary consumers Carnivores consume meat Fish, rodents 24
25 Consumers occur at higher trophic levels Tertiary Consumers = fourth trophic level Predators at the highest trophic level Consume secondary consumers Are also carnivores Hawks, owls Omnivores = consumers that eat both plants and animals 25
26 Detritivores and decomposers Organisms that consume nonliving organic matter Enrich soils and/or recycle nutrients found in dead organisms Detritivores = scavenge waste products or dead bodies Millipedes, soil insects Decomposers = break down leaf litter and other nonliving material Fungi, bacteria Enhance topsoil and recycle nutrients 26
27 Energy, biomass, and numbers decrease Most energy organisms use is lost as waste heat through cellular respiration Less and less energy is available in each successive trophic level Each level contains only 10% of the energy of the trophic level below it There are also far fewer organisms and less biomass (mass of living matter) at the higher trophic levels A human vegetarian s ecological footprint is smaller than a meat eater s footprint 27
28 Pyramids of energy, biomass, and numbers 28
29 Food webs show relationships and energy flow Food chain = a series of feeding relationships Food web = a visual map of feeding relationships and energy flow Includes many different organisms at all various levels Greatly simplified; leaves out most species 29
30 Some organisms play big roles Community dynamics are complex Species interactions differ in strength and over time Keystone species = has a strong or wide reaching impact Far out of proportion to its abundance Removal of a keystone species has substantial ripple effects Alters the food chain 30
31 Species can change communities Trophic Cascade = predators at high trophic levels indirectly affe populations at low trophic levels By keeping species at intermediate trophic levels in check Extermination of wolves led to increased deer populations, which overgrazed vegetation and changed forest structure Ecosystem engineers = physically modify the environment Beavers, prairie dogs, ants, zebra mussels 31
32 Communities respond to disturbances Communities experience many types of disturbance Removal of keystone species, spread of invasive species, natural disturbances Human impacts cause major community changes Resistance = community of organisms resists change and remains stable despite the disturbance Resilience = a community changes in response to a disturbance, but later returns to its original state A disturbed community may never return to its original state 32
33 Primary succession Succession = the predictable series of changes in a community Following a disturbance Primary succession = disturbance removes all vegetation and/ or soil life Glaciers, drying lakes, volcanic lava Pioneer species = the first species to arrive in a primary succession area (i.e. lichens) Ian Plant 33
34 Secondary succession Secondary succession = a disturbance dramatically alters, but not destroy, all local organisms The remaining organisms form building blocks which help shape the process of succession Fires, hurricanes, farming, logging Climax community = remains in place with few changes Until another disturbance restarts succession does 34
35 Communities may undergo shifts The dynamics of community change are more variable and less predictable than thought Conditions at one stage may promote another stage Competition may inhibit progression to another stage Chance factors also affect changes Phase (regime) shift = the overall character of the community fundamentally changes Some crucial threshold is passed, a keystone species is lost, or an exotic species invades i.e. overfishing and depletion of fish and turtles has allowed algae to dominate corals 35
36 Community cohesion Frederick Clements = viewed communities as cohesive entities, with integrated parts Its members remain associated over space and time The community shared similar limiting factors and evolutionary histories Henry Gleason = maintained that each species responds independently to its own limiting factors Species join or leave communities without greatly altering the community s composition The most widely accepted view of ecologists today 36
37 Invasive species threaten stability Invasive species = non native (exotic) organisms that spread widely and become dominant in a community Introduced deliberately or accidentally from elsewhere Growth limiting factors (predators, disease, competitors, etc.) are removed or absent They have major ecological effects Chestnut blight from Asia wiped out American chestnut trees Some species help people (i.e., European honeybees) 37
38 Two invasive mussels 38
39 Controlling invasive species Techniques to control invasive species Removing them manually Applying toxic chemicals Drying them out Depriving them of oxygen Stressing them with heat, sound, electricity, carbon dioxide, or ultraviolet light Control and eradication are hard and expensive Prevention, rather than control, is the best policy 39
40 Altered communities can be restored Humans have dramatically changed ecological systems Severely degraded systems cease to function Ecological restoration = efforts to restore communities Restoration is informed by restoration ecology = the science of restoring an area to an earlier condition To restore the system s functionality (i.e. filtering of water by a wetland) It is difficult, time consuming, and expensive It is best to protect natural systems from degradation in the first place 40
41 Restoration efforts Prairie restoration = replanting native species, controlling invasive species The world s largest project = Florida Everglades Flood control and irrigation removed water Populations of wading birds dropped 90 95% It will take 30 years and billions of dollars to restore natural water flow 41
42 Widely separated regions share similarities Biome = major regional complex of similar communities recognized by: Plant type and vegetation structure 42
43 Multiple factors determine a biome The type of biome depends on abiotic factors Temperature, precipitation, soil type, atmospheric circulation Climatographs = a climate diagram showing: An area s mean monthly temperature and precipitation Similar biomes occupy similar latitudes 43
44 Aquatic systems have biome like patterns Various aquatic systems comprise distinct communities Coastlines, continental shelves Open ocean, deep sea Coral reefs, kelp forests Some coastal systems (estuaries, marshes, etc.) have both aquatic and terrestrial components Aquatic systems are shaped by Water temperature, salinity, and dissolved nutrients Wave action, currents, depth, light levels Substrate type, and animal and plant life 44
45 45
46 Tropical rainforest Southeast Asia, west Africa Central and South America Year round rain and warm temperatures Dark and damp Lush vegetation Diverse species But in low densities Very poor, acidic soils 46
47 Temperate rainforest Coastal Pacific Northwest Great deal of precipitation Coniferous trees: cedar, spruce, hemlock, fir Moisture loving animals Banana slug, salamanders Erosion and landslides affect the fertile soil Lumber and paper Most old growth is gone 47
48 Temperate deciduous forest Deciduous trees lose their leaves each fall They remain dormant during winter Mid latitude forests in Europe, East China, Eastern North America Even, year round precipitation Fertile soils Forests = oak, beech, maple 48
49 Temperate grasslands More extreme temperature difference Between winter and summer Less precipitation Also called steppe or prairie Once widespread, but has been converted to agriculture Bison, prairie dogs, ground nesting birds, pronghorn 49
50 Tropical dry forest Also called tropical deciduous forest Plants drop leaves during the dry season India, Africa, South America, north Australia Wet and dry seasons Warm, but less rainfall Converted to agriculture Severe soil erosion 50
51 Boreal forest (taiga) Canada, Alaska, Russia, Scandinavia A few evergreen tree species Cool and dry climate Long, cold winters and short, cool summers Nutrient poor, acidic soil Moose, wolves, bears, migratory birds are common species The boreal forest stores enormous quantities of carbon, possibly more than the temperate and tropical forests combined, much of it in peatland. 51
52 Savanna Grassland interspersed with trees Africa, South America, Australia, India Precipitation is only during the rainy season Animals gather near water holes Zebras, gazelles, giraffes, lions, hyenas 52
53 Tundra Russia, Canada, Scandinavia Minimal precipitation Extremely cold winters Permafrost = permanently frozen soil Melting due to climate change Few animals: polar bears, musk oxen, caribou, migratory birds Lichens, low vegetation, few trees 53
54 Chaparral Occurs in small patches around the globe Mediterranean Sea, Chile, California, south Australia High seasonal biome Mild, wet winters Warm, dry summers Frequent fires Densely thicketed, evergreen shrubs 54
55 Desert Minimal precipitation Some are bare, with sand dunes (Sahara) Some are heavily vegetated (Sonoran) They are not always hot Temperatures vary widely Saline soils Animals = nocturnal, nomadic Plants = thick skins, spines 55
56 Altitudes create latitudinal patterns Vegetative communities rapidly change along mountain slopes The climate varies with altitude A mountain climber in the Andes Begins in the tropics and ends on a glacier Rainshadow effect = air going over a mountain releases moisture Creating an arid region on the other side Hiking up a mountain in the southwest U.S. can be like walking from Mexico to Canada 56
57 Conclusion Biomes and communities help us understand how the world functions Species interactions affect communities Predation, parasitism, competition, mutualism Causing weak and strong, direct and indirect effects Feeding relationships are represented by trophic levels and food webs Humans have altered many communities Ecological restoration attempts to undo the negative changes that we have caused 57
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