biology 2.6 - ecology
DESCRIPTION
Biology 2.6 - Ecology. “The study of how organisms interact with each other and their physical environment”. Definitions. Biosphere : The area (on Earth) where life is found Species : Organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed to produce fertile offspring. eg cockles - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Biology 2.6 - Ecology
“The study of how organisms interact with each other and their physical environment”
![Page 2: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Definitions• Biosphere: The area (on Earth) where life is found• Species: Organisms with similar characteristics that are
able to interbreed to produce fertile offspring. eg cockles• Population: A group of organisms of the same species
that live in the same area at the same time. eg mud crabs at Warrington
• Community: All the populations of different species living and interacting in an area. eg bush community at Ross Creek
• Ecosystem: A community and the environment that it is found in. eg a mudflat ecosystem
• Biotic: The living factors of an environment. eg food supply
• Abiotic: The non-living factors of an environment. eg rainfall
• Habitat: The place where an organism lives. eg rock pools
![Page 3: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Biosphere
The area (on Earth) where life is found
- ocean floor to upper atmosphere
![Page 4: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Species
• Organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed to produce fertile offspring. eg cockles
Austrovenus stutchburyi
![Page 6: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Male Donkey
Female Horse
Mule (sterile)
![Page 7: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Hinny (sterile)
Male horse
Female donkey
Mule vs Hinny
Mule more common “equine hybrid is easier to obtain when the lower chromosome count, the donkey, is in the male” - Wikipedia
Hinny smaller (due to smaller donkey uterus?), mane & head different… no difference also argued.
![Page 8: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Population
• A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time. eg barnacles at St Clair
![Page 9: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Community
• All the populations of different species living and interacting in an area. eg bush community at Ross Creek
Ecosystem• A community and the environment that it is
found in. eg a mudflat ecosystem
![Page 10: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Environmental Factors
Biotic Factors - The living factors of an environment. eg food supply
Organisms affect each other as:– Parasites– Pathogens– Symbionts– Predators– Herbivores– Competitors– Food supply…………..
![Page 14: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Environmental Factors
Abiotic Factors - The non-living factors of an environment. eg temperature
Also:– Rainfall– Humidity– pH– Salinity– Light intensity………..
![Page 15: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Environmental Factors on a Blue Cod
Wave action
Water temperature
Predators
Food supply
parasites
Dissolved oxygen
Human influence
salinitypH
Competition
![Page 16: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Environmental Factors on a rabbit
![Page 17: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Environmental Factors in a Rock Pool
• Biotic • Abiotic
![Page 18: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Abiotic (Physical) Factors of soil in the School Garden:
• Temperature• Moisture• Salinity• pH• Soil profile• Infiltration• Aeration• Soil fertility• Soil particle size, organic matter content,
microbes, density, minerals
![Page 19: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Physical Gradients• Most abiotic factors change with distance across
an environment (this creates different habitats and microclimates)
![Page 20: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Habitat
• The place where an organism lives. eg rock pools
Habitat is defined by the abiotic and biotic factors found there
![Page 21: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Wood Ear Fungus Habitat
Forest Floor
Biotic:- Feed on dead wood
Abiotic:- Cool temps- Moist soil- High humidity
![Page 22: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Liebig’s Law of the Minimum*
“In most habitats there is one factor that determines how a species is distributed. This is the Limiting Factor and determines the distribution and numbers of a species”
Eg, in the outback the number of plants and how close they are is related to availability of water
![Page 23: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Activity
• Nocturnal – active at night. eg morepork
• Diurnal – active during day. eg sheep
• Crepuscular – active at dawn/dusk. eg rabbit
![Page 24: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Feeding
• Producer (autotroph): organism that makes own food, usually photosynthetic (usually plants, algae, some bacteria).
• Consumer (heterotroph): feeds on other organisms or dead matter.
• Carnivore: consumes animals. Wolf• Herbivore: consumes producers. Sheep• Omnivore: consumes producers & animals. Possum• Scavenger: consumes (large) dead organic matter
Slater, Worm, Crab• Decomposer or Detritivore or Saprophyte: breaks
down dead organic matter (more completely than scavengers). Fungi, Bacteria
![Page 25: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
AdaptationsInherited features that help an organism to survive in its
habitat!Different to adapting – this means getting used to
environment (eg your hairs stand on end when you are cold)
• Structural: physical structures. eg Waxy cuticle on leaves reduces water loss
• Physiological (functional): processes an organism carries out. eg Intestinal cells secrete enzymes to digest food.
• Behavioural: the way an organism acts (individually or corporately). eg Spiders spin web to catch food.
![Page 26: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Adaptations of a Rabbit
S: widely spaced eyes S: powerful hind legs P: High reproductive rate P: Short gestation P: Many young in a litter B: Freezes when startled B: Stamps feet when startled
![Page 27: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Adaptations of a Kea
![Page 28: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Ecological Niche
• The ‘functional position’ of an organism in its environment
• Ecological Niche Includes:– Habitat– Feeding type– Activity times– Adaptations
?
![Page 29: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Sealion Ecological Niche
• Feeding Type: Carnivore
• Activity: Diurnal
• Habitat: Coastal marine
• Adaptations: Fast swimmer, tolerates cold water…..
![Page 30: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Slater (Porcellio scaber)Ecological Niche
(from research and experiments)
• Habitat– Biotic– Abiotic
• Feeding type
• Activity
• Adaptations– Physiological– Structural– Behavioural
![Page 31: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Slater AdaptationsStructural•Hard Exoskeleton•Jointed, flexible exoskeleton•Many legs•Dark slater•Oval, thin shape•Gills•Antennae•Hooks on legs•Excrete directly thru exoskeleton•Uropods (two feet at back) take up water
Behavioural•Clumping•Avoid light•Curls when touched•Freezes when touch
Physiological•Excrete ammonia•Aerobic respiration•Cold blooded (ectothermic)•Haemolymph (blood) can carry oxygen•Dozens of young
![Page 32: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Soil Moisture Table
![Page 33: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Task: Describe a Plant’s Niche• Choose a plant from the school grounds.
– Name it, describe it’s ecological niche• Habitat
– Include the abiotic and biotic factors found there and measure them or describe them
• Feeding• Adaptations
– At least 1 structural, physiological, behavioural…
Hebe
Rhododendron
![Page 34: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Task: Ecological Niche Poster• Pick an organism
– Name it, describe it’s ecological niche by giving its:
• Habitat– Include the abiotic and biotic factors found there and
measure them or describe them
• Feeding type / method• Activity times• Adaptations
– At least 1 structural, physiological, behavioural…
• Include 1 captioned pictureType your name. Print to colour, print enlarge to A3 by: click printer properties, paper, tick both print on a3 AND fit to print size. Best posters go to the pool room
![Page 35: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Tolerance
For each abiotic factor (eg pH) each organism has the following:
• Optimum Range: where it functions best
• Tolerance Range: where it survives
• Zone of Stress: processes (eg respiration affected)
• Zone of Death: must move on or die!
![Page 36: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Tolerance
![Page 37: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Gause’s Principle“Organisms occupying the same niche
cannot co-exist because they compete for the same resources”
Eg flax caterpillars
Georgii Frantsevich Gause 1910–1986
![Page 38: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Gause’s Principle eg Flax Caterpillars
Flax looper- Nocturnal feeder- Scrapes off flax, near
midrib (leaves translucent ‘windows’
Flax notch- Nocturnal feeder- Bite off edge of flax
(leaves notches)
![Page 39: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Gause’s Principle“Organisms occupying the same niche
cannot co-exist because they compete for the same resources”
Aka – Competitive Exclusion Principle
Eg flax caterpillars – at first seem to be in direct competition, but actually occupy slightly different habitats.
![Page 40: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Testing Gause’s Principle
• Aim: to determine if flax looper and notch caterpillars do occupy different microhabitats
• Hypothesis: I predict that the caterpillars do/not occupy different microhabitats
• Equipment: flax leaves with evidence of both caterpillars, ruler
• Method: – 1. Measure distance from mid rib of leave to middle of
each feeding location. – 2. Record as either looper or notch. – 3. Collate class data, analyse
![Page 41: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
ResultsFeeding location (distance from midrib) of flax caterpillars
Notch distance (mm) Window distance (mm)
Average: Average:
ConclusionsThe results show…because…
![Page 42: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Niche Size…
• The full range of environmental conditions an organism can live in is the fundamental niche
• But, because it faces competition from other organisms it has to occupy a narrower set of conditions (to which it is best adapted). This is the realised niche
(kite graph OHT)
![Page 43: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
![Page 44: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
Population Features
Population: a group of organisms of the same species living in the
same area at the same time
![Page 45: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
Features of Populations
• Density• Distribution• Population Size• Migration• Sex ratios• Population Fertility• Age Structure• Population Growth Rate• Natality • Mortality
![Page 46: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
Population Size
• Number of organisms in population (abundance)
• How many penguins in the picture…?
1.Direct Count
2.Sampling
3.Mark & Recapture
![Page 47: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Population Density
• Number of organisms per unit area
Low: territorial? solitary?
High: colonial? social?
![Page 48: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
Population Distribution
• Clumped – around resource, protection
• Uniform – evenly spaced
• Random – no pattern (plants, rare in animals)
![Page 49: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
Migration• Immigration – individuals entering population
• Emigration – individuals leaving population
• Both can affect: density + distribution, sex ratio, pop fertility, age structure
(Immigration – IN, Emigration – EXit)
![Page 50: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
Rural Urban Migration
![Page 51: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Population Composition
• Sex Ratio: proportion of organisms of each sex
• Age Structure: proportion of organisms of different age groups (juvenile or prereproductives, reproductives, post reproductives)
![Page 52: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
Population Dynamics
• Population Growth Rate: number added to population per unit time (may be negative!)
• Natality (birth rate): number born per unit time
• Mortality (death rate): number dying per unit unit
• Equilibrium occurs when:
births + immigrants = deaths + emigrants
![Page 53: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
Age Structure, Sex Ratio• China's Population by Age & Sex, 1950 - 2050
(population in 1000)
(Right click to pause)
![Page 54: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
Features of Populations• Population Size: Number of organisms in population
(abundance)• Density: Number of organisms per unit area• Distribution: The location in the environment where the
organisms are found (clumped, uniform, random)• Migration: Individuals entering (immigration) or leaving
(emigration) the population• Sex ratios: ratio of male:female• * Population Fertility• Age Structure: proportion of organisms of different age
groups (juvenile or prereproductives, reproductives, post reproductives)
• Population Growth Rate: number added to population per unit time.
• Natality (birth rate): number born per unit time• Mortality (death rate): number dying per unit time
![Page 55: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
Estimating Population Size
![Page 56: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
Estimating Population Size1. Direct Count: Small populations, stationary organisms physically
count individuals
2. Sampling: Plants, slow animals Use transect lines + quadrats
Pop. density = av. Number per quadrat area of quadrat
Pop. Size = density x area
!! More sampling = more reliable result but more time,$...
3. Mark & Recapture (Lincoln index): Mobile animals catch & mark, proportion of marked animals recaught estimates pop.
Pop. Size = No. in sample 1 x No. in sample 2 No. animals recaptured
![Page 57: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
Lincoln Index• Used to find population size of large populations of
animals that move around too much to be sampled easily
• A sample of animals are caught, marked, released, given time to mingle with other animals then recaptured
• The percentage of marked animals recaptured helps you calculate the total population
![Page 58: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
For the statisitcians…n1 = number of animals first marked and released.n2 = number of animals captured in the second samplem2 = number of marked animals in the second sampleN = Total Population• The assumption is that the proportion of marked to non
marked animals in the second sample is the same as the proportion of marked animals to non-marked within the whole population.So…
m2/n2 = n1/N• Rearrange this to find N
N = n1 x n2 / m2
![Page 59: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
Lincoln IndexNumber of animals in sample 1
xNumber of animals in sample 2
Number of marked animals in sample 2
Total Population =
S1=21
![Page 60: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
Issues
• Capture + Mark might injure, kill, change behaviour affect chance of recapture
• Mark may come off, affect predation rates• Assumes:
– all organisms have equal chance of capture (life stages, seasons, times of day, gender…)
– experimenter effort is the same– no migration, natality, mortality– individuals have had enough time to mingle since first capture– population is large
• Technique has been shown to be inaccurate when number recaptured is <8
![Page 61: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
Population RegulationFew species show continued exponential growth –
population growth and size is regulated by environmental factors in two ways:
• Density Independent Factors – affect all members of the population regardless of density (though some may be better adapted). Eg rainfall, temperature, humidity, floods, fire
• Density Dependent Factors – have a greater affect on the population when density is higher. Eg food supply, disease, parasites, competition, (predation)
![Page 62: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
Population Growth Curves
![Page 63: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
World Population
World population from 1800 to 2100, based on UN 2004 projections (red, orange, green) and US Census Bureau historical estimates (black).
![Page 64: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
![Page 65: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
Population Clock
![Page 66: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
Increase rate 1950–2000
![Page 67: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
Past & Predicted Continental Popns
Population evolution in different continents. The vertical axis is logarithmic and is millions of people.
![Page 68: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
Dramatic Human Negative Population Growth Examples
• The Plague of Justinian caused Europe's population to drop by around 50% between 541 and the 700s.
• The Black Death pandemic in the 14th century may have reduced
the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400. It took roughly 200 years for Europe's population to regain its 1340 level .
• The Toba supereruption (Young Toba Tuff or simply YTT[1]) occurred between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago at Lake Toba (Sumatra, Indonesia), and it is recognized as one of Earth's largest known eruptions. The related catastrophe theory holds that this supervolcanic event plunged the planet into a 6 to 10 year volcanic winter, which resulted in the world's human population being reduced to 10,000 or even a mere 1,000 breeding pairs, creating a bottleneck in human evolution. Some researchers argue that the Toba eruption produced not only a catastrophic volcanic winter but also an additional 1,000 year cooling episode.
![Page 69: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
Survivorship“the likelihood of death at any given age”
• Survivorship Curves show the number or proportion of individuals surviving at each age for a given species or group.
Type I High survival in young, rapid decline in survivorship in later life. Eg Humans
Type II Intermediate between Type I and III, where roughly constant mortality rate is experienced regardless of age. Eg Most birds
Type III Highest mortality in young, with lower mortality for older individuals. Eg Barnacles, frogs
![Page 70: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
![Page 71: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
![Page 72: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
r and K
![Page 73: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
Communities
![Page 74: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
Food Chains“diagram showing flow of energy through organisms”
• Start with a producer (usually a plant) which produces own food (photosynthesis) converting energy from sun into chemical potential energy (glucose). Aka autotrophs
• Arrows show path/direction of the energy• Consumers obtain energy from producers and other
consumers. Aka heterotrophs• Each organism occupies a specific feeding level or trophic
level (producers =1, herbivore =2…)• The first consumer in the chain is the “first order consumer”
or “primary” or “1º consumer” (then secondary, tertiary, quarternary)
• Food chains often have 4 links but seldom more than six (because, at best only 10% of the energy at each trophic level is passed on (energy lost as heat from respiration and wastes or “detritus”)
• Heat is always lost to the system but wastes can be utilised by decomposers or detritivores
![Page 75: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
Food Webs
“diagram showing all the linked food chains in a community”
(community = ALL the living organisms in an environment)
![Page 76: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
Community Patterns
![Page 77: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/77.jpg)
Succession• Succession: Change in species composition
over time. Succession usually follows a predictable pattern.
• Primary Succession: succession starting with bare rock (eg: glacier retreat, new volcanic island). 100s 1000s of years.– Colonisers pioneer community intermediate
community climax community (stable species composition)
![Page 78: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/78.jpg)
• “lichens mosses blown into site, colonise, erode rock, die, decompose creating simple soil, grasses and small shrubs able to grow – change occurs because each succession stage modifies environmental conditions, thus allowing new species to survive”
• Secondary Succession: succession starting after a previous community has been removed or “disturbed” (eg after fire, eruption, human influence). Faster than primary succession.
![Page 79: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/79.jpg)
![Page 80: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/80.jpg)
• Primary succession on Rangitoto Island
![Page 81: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/81.jpg)
• Secondary Succession – Abandoned pasture, Poland
![Page 82: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/82.jpg)
• Secondary Succession after wildfire in boreal pine forest, Estonia: two photos of the same place, picture on the left taken one year and picture on the right two years after the fire.
![Page 83: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/83.jpg)
Succession…
![Page 84: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/84.jpg)
![Page 85: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/85.jpg)
![Page 86: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/86.jpg)
![Page 87: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/87.jpg)
Succession Animation
![Page 88: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/88.jpg)
CSI and Succession!?Usually succession ends in a climax community. A special case is where degradative succesion occurs where eventually all species die off as the resource becomes exhausted. The resource is a corpse. Forensic entomology uses the principles of ecological succession to determine when a dead body began to compose. As a body decays moisture content and pH change in such a way that the types of insect species living on the corpse go through a predictable sequence of changes or succession.
The time since death is estimated by the species in the current community that are using the body as a resource. Over a period of 1-3 years there is a succession of 6 fly species.
![Page 89: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/89.jpg)
How does Biodiversity change during a Forest Succession?
• Biodiversity = number of different species living in an area– Low in early succession stages– High in climax community– Unstable in early stages (few species, eg if the only
producer is wiped out everything dies)– Stable in a climax forest community (because large
number of different species and many interactions, eg if one food source is wiped out, a consumer may just change food source.
![Page 90: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/90.jpg)
Case Study• A tree in a climax community falls over –
what will happen in terms of competition & biodiversity?
![Page 91: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/91.jpg)
![Page 92: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/92.jpg)
Stratification
“The vertical change in species composition”
Eg: Different organisms are found in different layers (strata) of a forest from the forest floor to the canopy
![Page 93: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/93.jpg)
![Page 94: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/94.jpg)
NZ Bush Strata• Emergent
– Rimu, totara
• Canopy– kamahi
• Sub-Canopy– Pepperwood, stinkwood
• Shrubs– rangiora
• Ground– Mosses, ferns
+ Epiphytes (plant growing on another plant eg bush lily)
![Page 95: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/95.jpg)
Stratification in the Ocean?
![Page 96: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/96.jpg)
Why does Stratification Occur?
• Each layer modifies the environmental conditions below it causing distinct layers of species adapted to that layer.
! This is what makes Stratification different from Zonation – zonation bands don’t alter conditions in other bands.
![Page 97: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/97.jpg)
Why does Stratification Occur?
Abiotic factor Canopy Floor
Light intensity
Light quality
Wind speed
Humidity
Temperature
![Page 98: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/98.jpg)
Zonation“A change in species composition across a
community in response to an environmental gradient.”
Gradient may be caused by abiotic or biotic factors
Eg: Zonation up a mountain: Distinct zones caused by varying exposure to wind, poorer soils, lower temps the higher you go
![Page 99: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/99.jpg)
![Page 100: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/100.jpg)
![Page 101: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/101.jpg)
![Page 102: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/102.jpg)
Rocky Shore Zonation
• Distinct zones caused by varying exposure to sea as tide rises & falls– At HWM abiotic factors important: most
exposure to air, highest air temps, greatest loss of water
– At LWM biotic factors most important: competition, predation, food supply, space
![Page 103: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/103.jpg)
Rocky Shore Zonation
Additional Environmental Factors causing zones:• Exposure to temperature extremes• Fluctuations in salinity• Lack of food while the tide is out• Sufficient moisture to keep gas exchange
membranes moist• Amount of light• Wave action• Exposure to predators• Amount of space• Competition
![Page 104: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/104.jpg)
![Page 105: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/105.jpg)
![Page 106: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/106.jpg)
![Page 107: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/107.jpg)
![Page 108: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/108.jpg)
Remember…
• Competition between organisms with similar environmental needs is a major factor in determining zonation
• This is reflected in the fact that realised niche is smaller than fundamental niche
![Page 109: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/109.jpg)
![Page 110: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/110.jpg)
Biodiversity
• The number of different species living in a particular area
![Page 111: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/111.jpg)
Notes pages
![Page 112: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/112.jpg)
Activity
• _________ – active at night. eg ________
• ________– active during day. eg _______
• ____________ – active at dawn/dusk. eg ________
![Page 113: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/113.jpg)
Feeding• ________ (________): organism that makes own
food, usually ____________ (usually plants, algae, some bacteria).
• ________ (____________): feeds on other organisms or dead matter.
• ________: consumes animals. Wolf• ____________: consumes plants. Sheep• ________: consumes plants & animals. Possum• ________ (____________): consumes dead organic
matter (________ consume large organic matter). Slater, Worm, ________
• ___________: breaks down dead organic matter (more completely than detritivores). ______, Bacteria
![Page 114: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/114.jpg)
AdaptationsInherited features that help an organism to
____________in its habitat!Different to ____________ – this means getting
used to environment (eg your hairs stand on end when you are cold)
• ____________: physical structures. eg Waxy ________ on leaves reduces ________ loss
• ____________ (functional): processes an organism carries out. eg Intestinal cells secrete ____________ to digest ________.
• ____________: the way an organism acts (individually or ____________). eg Spiders spin web to catch food.
![Page 115: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/115.jpg)
Adaptations of a Rabbit_: widely spaced eyes
_: powerful hind legs
_: High reproductive rate
_: Short gestation
_: Many young in a litter
_: Freezes when startled
_: Stamps feet when startled
![Page 116: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/116.jpg)
Succession• ______: Change in species composition over
____. Succession usually follows a predictable _____.
• _____ Succession: succession starting with bare rock (eg: ___ retreat, new volcanic island). ____s 1000s of years.– _______ _________ community
intermediate community _______ community (________ species composition)
![Page 117: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/117.jpg)
• “lichens, ______ blown into site, ______, erode rock,
_____, decompose creating simple ____, grasses and
small shrubs able to _____ – change occurs because each
succession stage ______ environmental conditions, thus
allowing new ______ to survive”
• ________ Succession: succession starting after a previous community has been _________ or “disturbed” (eg after fire, eruption, human influence). _______ than primary succession.
_____________________________ ______________________________
![Page 118: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/118.jpg)
Survivorship“the likelihood of _____ at any given age”
• _________ _______ show the number or proportion of individuals surviving at each age for a given species or _______.
______ High survival in ________, ______ decline in survivorship in later life. Eg ______
Type II ________ between Type I and III, where roughly __________ ________ rate is experienced __________ of age. Eg Most ________
Type III _______ mortality in ________, with lower ____________ for older individuals. Eg Barnacles, ________
![Page 119: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/119.jpg)
Survivorship“the likelihood of _____ at any given age”
• _________ _______ show the number or proportion of individuals surviving at each age for a given species or _______.
______ High survival in ________, ______ decline in survivorship in later life. Eg ______
Type II ________ between Type I and III, where roughly __________ ________ rate is experienced __________ of age. Eg Most ________
Type III _______ mortality in ________, with lower ____________ for older individuals. Eg Barnacles, ________
![Page 120: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/120.jpg)
Survivorship“the likelihood of _____ at any given age”
• _________ _______ show the number or proportion of individuals surviving at each age for a given species or _______.
______ High survival in ________, ______ decline in survivorship in later life. Eg ______
Type II ________ between Type I and III, where roughly __________ ________ rate is experienced __________ of age. Eg Most ________
Type III _______ mortality in ________, with lower ____________ for older individuals. Eg Barnacles, ________
![Page 121: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/121.jpg)
Survivorship“the likelihood of _____ at any given age”
• _________ _______ show the number or proportion of individuals surviving at each age for a given species or _______.
______ High survival in ________, ______ decline in survivorship in later life. Eg ______
Type II ________ between Type I and III, where roughly __________ ________ rate is experienced __________ of age. Eg Most ________
Type III _______ mortality in ________, with lower ____________ for older individuals. Eg Barnacles, ________
![Page 122: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/122.jpg)
Stratification
“The ________ change in species composition”
Eg: Different organisms are found in different layers (________) of a forest from the forest floor to the _____________
![Page 123: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/123.jpg)
Why does Stratification Occur?
• Each layer __________ the environmental conditions below it causing distinct layers of species ________ to that layer.
! This is what makes Stratification different from Zonation – _________ bands don’t alter conditions in other bands.
![Page 124: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/124.jpg)
Zonation“A change in species composition across a
community in response to an environmental gradient.”
Gradient may be caused by abiotic or biotic factors
Eg: Zonation up a mountain: Distinct zones caused by varying exposure to wind, poorer soils, lower temps the higher you go
![Page 125: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/125.jpg)
Rocky Shore Zonation
• Distinct zones caused by varying exposure to sea as tide rises & falls– At HWM abiotic factors important: most
exposure to air, highest air temps, greatest loss of water
– At LWM biotic factors most important: competition, predation, food supply, space
![Page 126: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/126.jpg)
Rocky Shore Zonation
Additional Environmental Factors causing zones:• Exposure to temperature extremes• Fluctuations in salinity• Lack of food while the tide is out• Sufficient moisture to keep gas exchange membranes moist• Amount of light• Wave action• Exposure to predators• Amount of space• Competition
![Page 127: Biology 2.6 - Ecology](https://reader035.vdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022081511/568157c8550346895dc55000/html5/thumbnails/127.jpg)
Remember…
• Competition between organisms with similar environmental needs is a major factor in determining zonation
• This is reflected in the fact that realised niche is smaller than fundamental niche