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MILLER/SPOOLMAN LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT 17TH Chapter 5 Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control Core Case Study: Southern Sea Otters: Are They Back from the Brink of Extinction? • Habitat: Western coast of US • Hunted: early 1900s to near extinction • Partial recovery • Why care about sea otters? • Ethics • Tourism dollars • Keystone species: Without them, sea urchins and other kelp eating species would destroy the kelp forests and biodiversity associated with it. Southern Sea Otter Fig. 5-1a, p. 104 5-1 How Do Species Interact? • Concept 5-1 Five types of species interactions— competition, predation, parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism—affect the resource use and population sizes of the species in an ecosystem. Species Interact in Five Major Ways • Interspecific Competition-occurs when members of two or more species interact to gain access to the same resource • Predation • Parasitism • Mutualism • Commensalism Most Species Compete with One Another for Certain Resources • For limited resources—food, water, light, space • Ecological niche for exploiting resources: remember that generalists with a broad niche and specialists have a narrow niche. • Some niches overlap: intensifying the competition between the species, forcing adaptations and/or natural selection. Some Species Evolve Ways to Share Resources • Resource partitioning: allows for sharing of resources and reduces competition for resources • Using only parts of resource • Using at different times • Using in different ways Resource Partitioning Among Warblers Fig. 5-2, p. 106 Specialist Species of Honeycreepers Fig. 5-3, p. 107 Most Consumer Species Feed on Live Organisms of Other Species (1) • Predators may capture prey by 1. Walking 2. Swimming 3. Flying 4. Pursuit and ambush 5. Camouflage 6. Chemical warfare Predator-Prey Relationships Fig. 5-4, p. 107 Most Consumer Species Feed on Live Organisms of Other Species (2) • Prey may avoid capture by 1. Run, swim, fly 2. Protection: shells, bark, thorns 3. Camouflage 4. Chemical warfare 5. Warning coloration 6. Mimicry 7. Deceptive looks 8. Deceptive behavior (a) Span worm Fig. 5-5a, p. 109 (b) Wandering leaf insect Fig. 5-5b, p. 109 (c) Bombardier beetle Fig. 5-5c, p. 109 (d) Foul-tasting monarch butterfly Fig. 5-5d, p. 109 (e) Poison dart frog Fig. 5-5e, p. 109 (f) Viceroy butterfly mimics monarch butterfly Fig. 5-5f, p. 109 (g) Hind wings of Io moth resemble eyes of a much larger animal. Fig. 5-5g, p. 109 (h) When touched, snake caterpillar changes shape to look like head of snake. Fig. 5-5h, p. 109 Science Focus: Threats to Kelp Forests • Kelp forests: biologically diverse marine habitat • Major threats to kelp forests 1. Sea urchins 2. Pollution from water run-off 3. Global warming Purple Sea Urchin Fig. 5-A, p. 108 Predator and Prey Interactions Can Drive Each Other’s Evolution • Intense natural selection pressures between predator and prey populations • Coevolution • Interact over a long period of time • Bats and moths: echolocation of bats and sensitive hearing of moths Coevolution: A Langohrfledermaus Bat Hunting a Moth Fig. 5-6, p. 110 Some Species Feed off Other Species by Living on or in Them • Parasitism • Parasite is usually much smaller than the host • Parasite rarely kills the host. (Why is this important?) • Parasite-host interaction may lead to coevolution Parasitism: Trout with Blood-Sucking Sea Lamprey Fig. 5-7, p. 110 Video • Evolution: Ancient Farmers of the Amazon • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV0E5FaKoQ In Some Interactions, Both Species Benefit • Mutualism • Nutrition and protection relationship • Gut inhabitant mutualism • Not cooperation: it’s mutual exploitation— unintentional cooperation. Each species is working towards their own selfish survival! Mutualism: Hummingbird and Flower Fig. 5-8, p. 110 Mutualism: Oxpeckers Clean Rhinoceros; Anemones Protect and Feed Clownfish Fig. 5-9, p. 111 (a) Oxpeckers and black rhinoceros Fig. 5-9a, p. 111 (b) Clownfish and sea anemone Fig. 5-9b, p. 111 In Some Interactions, One Species Benefits and the Other Is Not Harmed • Commensalism • Epiphytes • Birds nesting in trees Commensalism: Bromiliad Roots on Tree Trunk Without Harming Tree Fig. 5-10, p. 111 5-2 What Limits the Growth of Populations? • Concept 5-2 No population can continue to grow indefinitely because of limitations on resources and because of competition among species for those resources. Most Populations Live Together in Clumps or Patches (1) • Population: group of interbreeding individuals of the same species • Population distribution 1. Clumping 2. Uniform dispersion 3. Random dispersion Most Populations Live Together in Clumps or Patches (2) • Why clumping? 1. Species tend to cluster where resources are available 2. Groups have a better chance of finding clumped resources 3. Protects some animals from predators 4. Packs allow some to get prey Population of Snow Geese Fig. 5-11, p. 112 Generalized Dispersion Patterns Fig. 5-12, p. 112 Populations Can Grow, Shrink, or Remain Stable (1) • Population size governed by • • • • Births Deaths Immigration Emigration • Population change = (births + immigration) – (deaths + emigration) Populations Can Grow, Shrink, or Remain Stable (2) • Age structure—the distribution of individuals among various age groups • Pre-reproductive age • Reproductive age • Post-reproductive age • A population with a large number in the reproductive years will increase in size • A population with a large number in post reproductive years will decrease. Some Factors Can Limit Population Size • Range of tolerance • Variations in physical and chemical environment • Limiting factor principle • Too much or too little of any physical or chemical factor can limit or prevent growth of a population, even if all other factors are at or near the optimal range of tolerance • Precipitation • Nutrients • Sunlight, etc Trout Tolerance of Temperature Fig. 5-13, p. 113 No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (1) • Size of populations controlled by limiting factors: • • • • • Light Water Space Nutrients Exposure to too many competitors, predators or infectious diseases No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (2) • Environmental resistance • The combination of all factors acting to limit the growth of a population • Carrying capacity (K) • Maximum population a given habitat can sustain No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (3) • Exponential growth • Starts slowly, then accelerates to carrying capacity when meets environmental resistance • Logistic growth • Decreased population growth rate as population size reaches carrying capacity Logistic Growth of Sheep in Tasmania Fig. 5-15, p. 115 Science Focus: Why Do California’s Sea Otters Face an Uncertain Future? • Low biotic potential • Prey for orcas • Cat parasites—HOW DID THAT get in the ocean?! • Thorny-headed worms • Toxic algae blooms—triggered by urea (ingredient in fertilizer) • PCBs and other toxins—present in their food source thanks to human activities/pollution! • Oil spills • Why are sea otters considered an INDICATOR SPECIES? Population Size of Southern Sea Otters Off the Coast of So. California (U.S.) Fig. 5-B, p. 114 Case Study: Exploding White-Tailed Deer Population in the U.S. • 1900: deer habitat destruction and uncontrolled hunting reduced the population to 500,000 • 1920s–1930s: laws to protect the deer • Current population explosion for deer (Today there are 25 million) • Spread Lyme disease (carried by ticks) • Deer-vehicle accidents (1.5 million a year!) • Eating garden plants and shrubs • Ways to control the deer population • Did you read about the birth control options???!!!!! Mature Male White-Tailed Deer Fig. 5-16, p. 115 When a Population Exceeds Its Habitat’s Carrying Capacity, Its Population Can Crash • A population exceeds the area’s carrying capacity • Reproductive time lag may lead to overshoot • Population crash • Damage may reduce area’s carrying capacity Exponential Growth, Overshoot, and Population Crash of a Reindeer Fig. 5-17, p. 116 Species Have Different Reproductive Patterns (1) • Some species • • • • Many, usually small, offspring Little or no parental care Massive deaths of offspring Insects, bacteria, algae Species Have Different Reproductive Patterns (2) • Other species • • • • • • • Reproduce later in life Small number of offspring with long life spans Young offspring grow inside mother Long time to maturity Protected by parents, and potentially groups Humans Elephants Under Some Circumstances Population Density Affects Population Size • Density-dependent population controls • • • • Predation Parasitism Infectious disease Competition for resources Several Different Types of Population Change Occur in Nature • Stable • Irruptive • Population surge, followed by crash • Cyclic fluctuations, boom-and-bust cycles • Top-down population regulation • Bottom-up population regulation • Irregular Population Cycles for the Snowshoe Hare and Canada Lynx Fig. 5-18, p. 118 Humans Are Not Exempt from Nature’s Population Controls • Ireland • Potato crop in 1845—crop was infected with a fungus that destroyed the crop---the lack of food killed ONE MILLION people—3 million emigrated! • Bubonic plague • Fourteenth century—killed 25 MILLION people • The baceria cause normally lives in rodents, but was transferred to humans by FLEAS! • Spread was due to sanitation issues • AIDS • Global epidemic—in the past 30 years…it has killed 27 MILLION people! Averages 4 deaths/minute 5-3 How Do Communities and Ecosystems Respond to Changing Environmental Conditions? • Concept 5-3 The structure and species composition of communities and ecosystems change in response to changing environmental conditions through a process called ecological succession. Communities and Ecosystems Change over Time: Ecological Succession • Natural ecological restoration • Primary succession • Secondary succession Some Ecosystems Start from Scratch: Primary Succession • No soil in a terrestrial system • No bottom sediment in an aquatic system • Takes hundreds to thousands of years • Need to build up soils/sediments to provide necessary nutrients Primary Ecological Succession Fig. 5-19, p. 119 Some Ecosystems Do Not Have to Start from Scratch: Secondary Succession (1) • Some soil remains in a terrestrial system • Some bottom sediment remains in an aquatic system • Ecosystem has been • Disturbed • Removed • Destroyed Natural Ecological Restoration of Disturbed Land Fig. 5-20, p. 120 Secondary Ecological Succession in Yellowstone Following the 1998 Fire Fig. 5-21, p. 120 Some Ecosystems Do Not Have to Start from Scratch: Secondary Succession (2) • Primary and secondary succession • Tend to increase biodiversity • Increase species richness and interactions among species • Primary and secondary succession can be interrupted by • • • • • Fires Hurricanes Clear-cutting of forests Plowing of grasslands Invasion by nonnative species Living Systems Are Sustained through Constant Change • Inertia, persistence • Ability of a living system to survive moderate disturbances • Resilience • Ability of a living system to be restored through secondary succession after a moderate disturbance • Some systems have one property, but not the other: tropical rainforests