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Living World
Biosphere: thin layer of the living world that
surrounds the nonliving world.
air organisms
soil water
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Biomes
• Major communities of organisms occurring
together at relatively large scales, such as at
the landscape-level.
• Tundra Taiga (conifers)
• Deciduous Forest Chaparral (scrub)
• Grassland Desert
• Tropical Rainforest
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Why do Biomes Differ?
Great differences in climate of earth
Living organisms require specific ranges in season, temperature, sunlight, rainfall and require interactions with other specific organisms
Each major type of climate develops a characteristic type of vegetation
Each type of plant life supports a characteristic variety of animal life.
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Why do Biomes Differ?
Great differences in climate of earth
Living organisms require specific ranges in season, temperature, sunlight, rainfall and require interactions with other specific organisms
Each major type of climate develops a characteristic type of vegetation
Each type of plant life supports a characteristic variety of animal life.
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Do biomes affect the size of
populations?
Think about this as we discuss
what a population is.
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Populations
A population is a group of organisms of the
same species that live and interact in the same
place at the same time.
A population is made up of individuals of the
same species that interbreed.
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Four Rates Determine
Population Size
Population numbers change due to:
Mortality: death rate
Natality: birth rate
Immigration: movement of new individuals into
the population
Emigration: movement of current individuals
outside the population
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Size of a Population
Size of any population is the result of the relationships among these rates.
Which factors most influence the trend of :
Humans
Mule Deer
Red Wolves
WHY????
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Population Rate Changes
What do mortality and emigration have in
common?
What do natality and immigration have in
common?
What must an organism be able to do to
immigrate or emigrate?
How does a plant incapable of movement
establish a new population?
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Passive Dispersal
Used by organisms incapable of movement
Animal
Wind
Water
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In the same way that the web of life connects
individuals, it also connects populations.
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The Environment Two Components:
Biotic: all living parts
Plants, Animals
Abiotic: all nonliving parts
Soil, space
Sunlight, water, wind
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Population Numbers Limited
The environment limits a population’s size
Environment may slow, kill or enhance an
individual’s growth/life and hence affect the size
of the population.
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Limiting Factor
Any biotic or abiotic factor that can affect (+/-)
the growth of a population.
Temperature
Moisture
Amount of Sunlight
Food Resources…
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Identify the limiting factors in
the next slide
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Author’s own picture
Tucson, AZ
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Limiting Factors
Limiting factors may be measured alone,
however each factor affects the other, and
together, they affect population size.
The effect may be either direct or indirect.
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Water
Water is an important abiotic factor.
All organisms need water.
Almost all chemical reactions needed to keep an
organism alive take place in water.
Water molecules are a part of many chemical
reactions.
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Limiting Factors
Consider water.
Do all organisms have the same needs?
Evaluate the next 2 pictures and discuss their
water needs. Is this limiting factor the same for
both plant species?
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Saguaro
Cactus
Author’s Picture
Tucson, AZ
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Columbine
Author’s Picture
Mt. Lemmon,
Altitude for conifer
forests
Tucson, AZ
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Populations and Limiting Factors
Limiting factors affect the density (number) of the population.
Under optimum conditions, the population will be favored and be able to reach maximum numbers.
Must limiting factors have a negative connotation?
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Range of Tolerance
Optimum Range
Limiting Factor
Water, Temp., Sunlight…
Optimum Range
Zone of
Stress Zone of
Stress Death Death
Population
Density
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Tolerance Graph
Why is this always a bell-shaped curve?
Which variable changes?
Explain how rainfall amounts differ in need for
deciduous forests and cacti.
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Why did bluebirds and wood ducks suffer
population declines??
What was their environmental limiting factor??
How did humans rescue these two species??
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Space as a Limiting Factor
Organisms require different amounts of space (abiotic factor).
Space needs relate to a biotic factor – the availability of food energy.
Why do space needs differ for plants and large meat-eating predators???
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Limits to Population Size - Biotic
Predators
Disease
Competition
Environmental Stress (temperature…)
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Carrying Capacity
The greatest number of individuals that
a space can support indefinitely without
degrading the environment
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Growth Curves
Boom and Bust Sigmoid (S-shaped)
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colonization
exponential
Levels off
Slow down
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Growth of a Population
1) Sigmoid (S-shaped) Curve Once carrying capacity is reached
# deaths should = # births
Environmental resistance builds up in form of
1. disease
2.famine
3. predation
Results in slowed rate of increase
Population reaches equilibrium
Most common
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Growth of a Population
2) Exponential Growth
(Boom and Bust)
#s increase exponentially (doubling)
Exceeds carrying capacity
CRASH (resources exhausted)
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Boom and Bust
Exponential curves typical for:
Insect plagues
Lemming populations
Blooms of algae
Rodents
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Exponential Patterns
Single Housefly
Lays ~120 eggs
Half are female
Each female capable of 7 generations/yr
6,182,442,727,320 flies in one year!!!
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Carrying Capacity
Most important measure in determining population size.
WHY???
Represents the ability of abiotic and biotic
factors in the environment to provide necessary resources
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How do humans affect the carrying
capacity of ecosystems????
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Global Stability
Threatened by:
Direct Harvesting
Pollution
Atmospheric Changes
Habitat Loss
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Litter
Decomposition
Rates
Litter Decomposition Rates
Aluminum Can 80-100 years
Glass Bottles/Jars 1,000,000 years
Rubber Boot Soles 50-80 years
Leather up to 50 years
Nylon Materials 30-40 years
Plastic
Bags/Disposable
Diapers
10-20 years
Newspaper
2-4 weeks
Orange or Banana Peel 2-5 weeks
Cigarette Butts 1-5 years
(Refuse Industry Production, Inc.,
Garbage in America –
The Choice is Yours)