1. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings PowerPoint ® Lecture Presentations for Biology Eighth Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero, updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp Chapter 53 Community Ecology

2. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Overview: A Sense of Community A biological community a population of various species living close enough for potential interaction All the living things

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4. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Concept 54.1: Community interactions are classified by whether they help, harm, or have no effect on the species involved Ecologists call relationships between species in a community interspecific interactions Examples are competition, predation, herbivory, and symbiosis (parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism) Interspecific interactions can affect the survival and reproduction of each species, and the effects can be summarized as positive (+), negative (–), or no effect (0)

5. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Competition Interspecific competition (–/– interaction) occurs when species compete for a resource in short supply

6. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Competitive Exclusion Strong competition can lead to competitive exclusion, local elimination of a competing species The competitive exclusion principle states that two species competing for the same limiting resources cannot coexist in the same place problem of exotic species, invasive species

7. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Exotic/Invasive Invasive species, typically introduced to a new environment by humans, often lack predators or disease Invertebrate Species Asian Long-Horned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) Cactus Moth (Cactoblastis cactorum) Citrus Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora chinensis) Common Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda) (Jun 24, 2010) Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) European Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) European Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus) Formosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus) Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) Russian Wheat Aphid (Diuraphis noxia) Asian Long-Horned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) Cactus Moth (Cactoblastis cactorum) Citrus Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora chinensis) Common Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda) Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) European Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) European Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus) Formosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus) Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) Russian Wheat Aphid (Diuraphis noxia)

8. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Vertebrate Species Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)

9. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Plant Species Mile a minute vine Purple loosestife Kudzu (vine) Norway Maple Many varieties of Honeysuckles Mile a minute vinePurple loosestife Kudzu (vine)Norway Maple Many varieties of Honeysuckles

10. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Ecological Niches The total of a species’ use of biotic and abiotic resources is called the species’ ecological niche An ecological niche can also be thought of as an organism’s ecological role Ecologically similar species can coexist in a community if there are one or more significant differences in their niches

11. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Resource partitioning is differentiation of ecological niches, enabling similar species to coexist in a community

12. Fig. 54-2 A. ricordii A. insolitus usually perches on shady branches. A. distichus perches on fence posts and other sunny surfaces. A. aliniger A. distichus A. insolitus A. christophei A. cybotes A. etheridgei

13. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings As a result of competition, a species’ fundamental niche may differ from its realized niche

14. Fig. 54-3 Ocean Chthamalus Balanus EXPERIMENT RESULTS High tide Low tide Chthamalus realized niche Balanus realized niche High tide Chthamalus fundamental niche Low tide Ocean

15. Fig. 54-3a Ocean Chthamalus Balanus EXPERIMENT High tide Low tide Chthamalus realized niche Balanus realized niche

16. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Predation Predation (+/– interaction) refers to interaction where one species, the predator, kills and eats the other, the prey Some feeding adaptations of predators are claws, teeth, fangs, stingers, and poison

17. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Prey display various defensive adaptations Behavioral defenses include hiding, fleeing, forming herds or schools, self-defense, and alarm calls Animals also have morphological and physiological defense adaptations Cryptic coloration, or camouflage, makes prey difficult to spot Video: Seahorse Camouflage Video: Seahorse Camouflage

18. Fig. 54-5 Canyon tree frog (a)Cryptic coloration (b)Aposematic coloration Poison dart frog (c) Batesian mimicry: A harmless species mimics a harmful one. Hawkmoth larva Green parrot snake Yellow jacket Cuckoo bee Müllerian mimicry: Two unpalatable species mimic each other. (d)

19. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Herbivory Herbivory (+/– interaction) refers to an interaction in which an herbivore eats parts of a plant or alga It has led to evolution of plant mechanical and chemical defenses and adaptations by herbivores

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21. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Symbiosis Symbiosis is a relationship where two or more species live in direct and intimate contact with one another

22. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Parasitism In parasitism (+/– interaction), one organism, the parasite, derives nourishment from another organism, its host, which is harmed in the process Parasites that live within the body of their host are called endoparasites; parasites that live on the external surface of a host are ectoparasites

23. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Commensalism In commensalism (+/0 interaction), one species benefits and the other is apparently unaffected Commensal interactions are hard to document in nature because any close association likely affects both species

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25. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Species Diversity Species diversity of a community is the variety of organisms that make up the community It has two components: species richness and relative abundance Species richness is the total number of different species in the community Relative abundance is the proportion each species represents of the total individuals in the community

26. Fig. 54-9 Community 1 A: 25% B: 25% C: 25% D: 25% Community 2 A: 80% B: 5% C: 5% D: 10% ABCD

27. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Two communities can have the same species richness but a different relative abundance Diversity can be compared using a diversity index –Shannon diversity index (H): H = –[(p A ln p A ) + (p B ln p B ) + (p C ln p C ) + …]

28. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Determining the number and abundance of species in a community is difficult, especially for small organisms Molecular tools can be used to help determine microbial diversity

29. Fig. 54-10 Soil pH Shannon diversity (H) 3.6 RESULTS 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 3456789

30. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Trophic Structure Trophic structure is the feeding relationships between organisms in a community It is a key factor in community dynamics Food chains link trophic levels from producers to top carnivores Video: Shark Eating a Seal Video: Shark Eating a Seal

31. Fig. 54-11 Carnivore Herbivore Plant A terrestrial food chain Quaternary consumers Tertiary consumers Secondary consumers Primary consumers Primary producers A marine food chain Phytoplankton Zooplankton Carnivore

32. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Food Webs A food web is a branching food chain with complex trophic interactions

33. Fig. 54-12 Humans Smaller toothed whales Baleen whales Sperm whales Elephant seals Leopard seals Crab-eater seals Birds Fishes Squids Carnivorous plankton Copepods Euphausids (krill) Phyto- plankton

34. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Species may play a role at more than one trophic level Food webs can be simplified by isolating a portion of a community that interacts very little with the rest of the community

35. Fig. 54-13 Sea nettle Fish larvae Juvenile striped bass Fish eggsZooplankton

36. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Limits on Food Chain Length Each food chain in a food web is usually only a few links long Two hypotheses attempt to explain food chain length: the energetic hypothesis and the dynamic stability hypothesis

37. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings The energetic hypothesis suggests that length is limited by inefficient energy transfer The dynamic stability hypothesis proposes that long food chains are less stable than short ones Most data support the energetic hypothesis

38. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Keystone Species Keystone species exert strong control on a community by their ecological roles, or niches In contrast to dominant species, they are not necessarily abundant in a community

39. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Field studies of sea stars exhibit their role as a keystone species in intertidal communities

40. Fig. 54-15 With Pisaster (control) Without Pisaster (experimental) Number of species present Year 20 15 10 5 0 1963’64’65’66’67’68’69’70’71’72’73 RESULTS EXPERIMENT

41. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Observation of sea otter populations and their predation shows how otters affect ocean communities

42. Fig. 54-16 (a) Sea otter abundance Otter number (% max. count) 100 80 60 40 20 0 400 300 200 100 0 (b) Sea urchin biomass Grams per 0.25 m 2 10 8 6 4 2 0 1972 Number per 0.25 m 2 19851997 Year (c) Total kelp density Food chain 19891993

43. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Foundation Species (Ecosystem “Engineers”) Foundation species (ecosystem “engineers”) cause physical changes in the environment that affect community structure For example, beaver dams can transform landscapes on a very large scale

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45. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Some foundation species act as facilitators that have positive effects on survival and reproduction of some other species in the community

46. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Pollution can affect community dynamics Biomanipulation can help restore polluted communities

47. Fig. 54-UN1 Polluted StateRestored State Rare Abundant Fish Zooplankton Algae AbundantRare

48. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Concept 54.3: Disturbance influences species diversity and composition Decades ago, most ecologists favored the view that communities are in a state of equilibrium

49. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Recent evidence of change has led to a nonequilibrium model, which describes communities as constantly changing after being buffeted by disturbances

50. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Characterizing Disturbance A disturbance is an event that changes a community, removes organisms from it, and alters resource availability Fire is a significant disturbance in most terrestrial ecosystems It is often a necessity in some communities

51. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings The large-scale fire in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 demonstrated that communities can often respond very rapidly to a massive disturbance

52. Fig. 54-21a (a) Soon after fire

53. Fig. 54-21b (b) One year after fire

54. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Ecological Succession Ecological succession is the sequence of community and ecosystem changes after a disturbance Primary succession occurs where no soil exists when succession begins Secondary succession begins in an area where soil remains after a disturbance

55. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Retreating glaciers provide a valuable field- research opportunity for observing succession Succession on the moraines in Glacier Bay, Alaska, follows a predictable pattern of change in vegetation and soil characteristics

56. Fig. 54-22-4 Pioneer stage, with fireweed dominant 1 1941 1907 1860 1760 Alaska Glacier Bay Kilometers 510150 Dryas stage 2 Alder stage 3 Spruce stage 4

57. Fig. 54-22a Pioneer stage, with fireweed dominant 1

58. Fig. 54-22b Dryas stage 2

59. Fig. 54-22c Alder stage 3

60. Fig. 54-22d Spruce stage 4

61. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Succession is the result of changes induced by the vegetation itself On the glacial moraines, vegetation lowers the soil pH and increases soil nitrogen content

62. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Human Disturbance Humans have the greatest impact on biological communities worldwide Human disturbance to communities usually reduces species diversity Humans also prevent some naturally occurring disturbances, which can be important to community structure

63. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Concept 54.5: Community ecology is useful for understanding pathogen life cycles and controlling human disease Ecological communities are universally affected by pathogens, which include disease-causing microorganisms, viruses, viroids, and prions Pathogens can alter community structure quickly and extensively

64. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Pathogens and Community Structure Pathogens can have dramatic effects on communities For example, coral reef communities are being decimated by white-band disease

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66. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Human activities are transporting pathogens around the world at unprecedented rates Community ecology is needed to help study and combat them

67. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Community Ecology and Zoonotic Diseases Zoonotic pathogens have been transferred from other animals to humans The transfer of pathogens can be direct or through an intermediate species called a vector Many of today’s emerging human diseases are zoonotic

68. Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Avian flu is a highly contagious virus of birds Ecologists are studying the potential spread of the virus from Asia to North America through migrating birds

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