Required Readings
Community Ecology- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Community_ecology
Competition- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Competition
Interspecific Competition- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Interspecific_competition
Exploitative Competition- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Exploitative_competition
Predation- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Predation
Mutualism- http://www.eoearth.org/article/Mutualism
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to
- define competition, exploitative competition and interference competition
- identify and explain examples of exploitative and interference competition from a variety of environments
- define predation (narrow and broad sense), herbivory, and parasitms
- identify and explain examples of predation, herbivory, and parasitism from a variety of environments
- identify examples of morphological and behavioral adaptations that animals have to help capture their food
- identify examples of morphological, biochemical, or behavioral adaptations that animals have to protect them from predators
- identify and explain examples of mutualisms from a variety of habitats
Past Test Questions (answers at bottom of post)
In the southeastern United States, a weedy plant called Kudzu has caused a great deal of problems. Because Kudzu has such high growth rates it is able to rapidly overgrow buildings and other plants.
1. Which of the following would best describe the ecological relationship between Kudzu and a species of pine tree that is commonly overgrown by Kudzu?
(a) mutualism
(b) parasitism
(c) exploitative competition
(d) herbivory
(e) none of the above
Answer- 1. c
Where can we find morphological, biochemical, or behavioral adaptations explantations Dr. McGinely ?
ReplyDeleteWe have been talking about some of these examples throughout the semester. For example, a female mockingbird choose to mate with males that know the most songs (a behavioral trait), some desert shrubs have long roots that reach the ground water (a morphological trait), and some of these desert shrubs place chemicals in their leaves to make them less tasty to herbivores (a biochemical trait). You should be able to think of tons more on your own not that you understand what I am talking about.
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