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MILLER/SPOOLMAN
LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT 17TH
Chapter 5
Biodiversity, Species
Interactions, and Population
Control
• Predation
• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
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Figure 5.2: Sharing the wealth: This diagram illustrates resource partitioning among five species of
insect-eating warblers in the spruce forests of the U.S. state of Maine. Each species minimizes
competition with the others for food by spending at least half its feeding time in a distinct portion
(yellow highlighted areas) of the spruce trees, and by consuming somewhat different insect species.
(After R. H. MacArthur, “Population Ecology of Some Warblers in Northeastern Coniferous Forests,”
Ecology 36 (1958): 533–536.)
Fig. 5-2, p. 106
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camouflage
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camouflage
chemical
warfare
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chemical
warfare
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warning
coloration
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warning
coloration
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mimicry
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mimicry
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• Coevolution
• Interact over a long period of time
• Bats and moths: echolocation of bats and sensitive
hearing of moths
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Coevolution: A Langohrfledermaus
Bat Hunting a Moth
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Figure 5.8:
Mutualism: This
hummingbird
benefits by feeding
on nectar in this
flower, and it
benefits the flower
by pollinating it.
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Figure 5.9: Examples of mutualism: (a) Oxpeckers (or tickbirds) feed on parasitic ticks
that infest large, thick-skinned animals such as the endangered black rhinoceros. (b) A
clownfish gains protection and food by living among deadly, stinging sea anemones and
helps to protect the anemones from some of their predators.
Fig. 5-9, p. 111
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• Epiphytes
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Population change =
(births + immigration) – (deaths + emigration)
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Figure 5.13: This diagram illustrates the range of tolerance for a population of organisms, such as trout, to
a physical environmental factor—in this case, water temperature. Range of tolerance restrictions prevent
particular species from taking over an ecosystem by keeping their population size in check. Question: For
humans, what is an example of a range of tolerance for a physical environmental factor?
Fig. 5-13, p. 113
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Figure 5.18: This graph represents the population cycles for the snowshoe hare and the Canadian lynx.
At one time, scientists believed these curves provided evidence that these predator and prey
populations regulated one another. More recent research suggests that the periodic swings in the hare
population are caused by a combination of top-down population control—through predation by lynx
and other predators—and bottom-up population control, in which changes in the availability of the food
supply for hares help to determine their population size, which in turn helps to determine the lynx
population size. (Data from D. A. MacLulich)
Fig. 5-18, p. 118
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• 3rd Outbreak:
• 1855-1925
• Like the other 2 outbreaks, the plague originated in
(or near) China, moved to India, the Hawaiian Islands
and Australia
• Resulted in an estimated 14 million deaths
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MALARIA:
• The parasite responsible for malaria, P. falciparum, has been in
existence for 50,000–100,000 years however, the population size
of the parasite did not increase until about 10,000 years ago,
concurrently with advances in agriculture
• WHO estimates that in 2015 there were 214 million new cases of
malaria worldwide, resulting in 438,000 deaths.
• Malaria has been so pervasive that it has driven the process of
natural selection in multiple populations of Homo sapiens sapiens
to include the allele for Sickle Cell Trait
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POTATO BLIGHT:
• Caused the Irish Potato Famine, 1845-1849
• Resulted in the death of ~1 million and the emigration
of an estimated 2-3 million, mostly to the New World
H1N1:
• Spanish Flu Pandemic: 1918 (came in 2 waves/the 2nd
deadlier than the 1st)
• Swine Flu Pandemic: 2009-10
• The Americas hardest hit; current data suggest upwards of
405,000 died worldwide, either directly or from
complications
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HIV/AIDS:
1st case described in a diagnosis from 1959
First US case appears to have been in 1969
First clinical case in US in 1971
Originally people believed that only certain people were at risk for
AIDS. Media named them the “four-H club:”
• hemophiliacs, who received contaminated blood transfusions
• homosexual men, who reported higher incidences of the disease
• heroin users, and people who used drugs via injection
• Haitian origin, many cases of AIDS were reported in Haiti
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Figure 5.19: Primary ecological succession: Over almost a thousand years, these plant communities
developed, starting on bare rock exposed by a retreating glacier on Isle Royal, Michigan (USA) in northern
Lake Superior. The details of this process vary from one site to another. Question: What are two ways in
which lichens, mosses, and plants might get started growing on bare rock?
Fig. 5-19, p. 119
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Figure 5.20: Natural ecological restoration of disturbed land: This diagram shows the undisturbed secondary ecological succession of plant
communities on an abandoned farm field in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It took 150–200 years after the farmland was abandoned for the
area to become covered with a mature oak and hickory forest. A new disturbance such as deforestation or fire would create conditions favoring
pioneer species such as annual weeds. In the absence of new disturbances, secondary succession would recur over time, but not necessarily in
the same sequence shown here. See an animation based on this figure at CengageNOW. Questions: Do you think the annual weeds (left) would
continue to thrive in the mature forest (right)? Why or why not?
Fig. 5-20, p. 120
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Figure 5.21: These young lodgepole pines growing around standing dead trees after a
1998 forest fire in Yellowstone National Park are an example of secondary ecological
succession.
Fig. 5-21, p. 120
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• Current view
• Ever-changing mosaic of patches of vegetation
• Mature late-successional ecosystems
• State of continual disturbance and change
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• Resilience
• Ability of a living system to be restored through
secondary succession after a moderate disturbance
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