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Habitat • Habitat is the place a plant or animal lives out their life copyright cmassengale 1 Niche • Niche- role of a species in its habitat – Like different baseball player positions • A species' niche includes: – a. Habitat - where it lives in the ecosystem – b. Relationships - all interactions with other species in the ecosystem – c. Nutrition - its method of obtaining food. 2 Two species can share the same habitat but not the same niche Example: Ants and bacteria both live in the dirt (habitat) but have different niches. Ants eat dead insects and bacteria eat dead leaves, dead logs, and animal waste. So ants and bacteria don’t compete for the same resources. The Competitive Exclusion Principle says that… No two species can occupy same niche at the same time. This would lead to competition. Community Interactions 1. Competition 2. Predator-Prey 3. Symbiosis 5 COMPETITION * OCCURS WHEN ORGANISMS ATTEMPT TO USE SAME RESOURCES (FYI…resources : food, habitat, or mate) creating A WINNER and A LOSER * COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLENO TWO SPECIES CAN OCCUPY SAME NICHE Competing species must adapt or they will die. 6 2 Kinds of Competition Intra-specific Competition Inter-specific Competition Within a population (same species) Between populations ( different species) Buck vs. Buck Lion vs. Hyena Predation The relationship between predator and prey • Predator and prey relationships affect food webs and chains • Predator = organism that kills and eats; the hunter • Prey = food; the hunted • The relationship between predator and prey keeps the numbers of both communities sustainable 8 BATTLE AT KRUGER 9 So… What will happen …? 1… to the prey population, if the predator population increases? 2… to the prey population, if the predator population decreases? 3… to the predator population, if the prey population increases? 4… to the predator population, if the prey population decreases? 1… the prey population will decrease. 2… the prey population will increase. 3… the predator population will increase. 4… the predator population will decrease. Symbiosis • Organisms of 2 different species permanently “Living Together” 3 Types 1. Mutualism 2. Commensalism 3. Parasitism Lichens- symbiotic relationship between fungus & an alga . 11 Mutualism Both species benefit due to the relationship Ex: CLOWNFISH AND SEA ANEMONE 12 Commensalism One member benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. • Ex: Whale and Barnacles 13 Parasitism one organism benefits and the other is harmed Ex: Dog and a tick Difference between predation and parasitism... -Parasitism acts slower -Parasites can’t benefit from dead hosts 14 Let’s Review Symbiotic Relationship Mutualism Commensalism Parasitism Beneficial (+) or Detrimental (-) Organism 1 Organism 2 1. What kind of symbiotic relationship does a lichen exhibit? 2. Identify 2 organisms that have a predator/prey relationship? 3. Two male gorillas compete for territory. Is this interspecific or intra-specific competition? 4. The competitive exclusion principle says that no 2 species can occupy the same _______________. 5. What is the difference between a habitat & a niche? Let’s Review Symbiotic Relationship Beneficial (+) or Detrimental (-) Organism 1 Organism 2 Mutualism + + Commensalism + 0 Parasitism + _ 1. What kind of symbiotic relationship does a lichen exhibit? Mutualism 2. Identify 2 organisms that have a predator/prey relationship? Lion & zebra; wolf & caribou 3. Two male gorillas compete for territory. Is this interspecific or intraspecific competition? Intra-specific 4. The competitive exclusion principle says that no 2 species can occupy the same niche at the same time. 5. What is the difference between a habitat & a niche? Habitat - where an organism lives; niche- its job or role within its community 6. The diagram to the left represents a tree containing three different species of warbler, A, B and C. Each species occupies a different niche. • A fourth species, D, which has the same environmental requirements as species B, enters the tree at point X. Members of species B will most likely • A. live in equilibrium with species D B. move to a different level and live with species A or C C. stay at that level but change their diet D. compete with species D for resources