Interactions within and among microbial populations Terminology • Intra-specific = interactions among members of the same species/population. Inter-specific = interactions…

Slide 1Chapter 45 Community Ecology Slide 2 45.1 Fighting Foreign Fire Ants Native to Brazil, imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) nest in the ground and have painful…

1. 179 3. Fruit-eating birds and mammals eat fruits and seeds contained in them are dropped unharmed with the excrement at various pJaces. Thus, animals derive nourishment…

Slide 1Part 1 Review Slide 2 APES year in review 2009 Slide 3 Easter Island Sustainability - A system/process can continue indefinitely without depleting resources used.…

Slide 1 Community Interactions Chapter 47 Slide 2 Forest of New Guinea Community includes nine species of pigeons that partition the food supply Pigeons disperse seeds of…

Slide 1 Community Structure & Biodiversity Slide 2 Community  All the populations that live together in a habitat  Type of habitat shapes a community’s structure…

Slide 1 Biology of Competition Reading; Smith and Smith, Chapter 14 Slide 2 Question; Why are we so quick to blame the zebra mussel? Slide 3 19th century ecologists documented…

Slide 1 Interactions Intra-specific = interactions among members of the same species/population. Inter-specific = interactions among members of different species. Slide 2…

Slide 1 Allelopathy and herbivory Additional readings: –Hawkes CV, Sullivan JJ. 2001. The impact of herbivory on plants in different resource conditions: A meta-analysis.…

Slide 1 Intraspecific Competition “competition is an interaction between individuals, brought about by a shared requirement for a resource in limited supply, and leading…