Ecology
Published on Dec 02, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SPECIALISTS
- Specialists can only use a small range of resources.
- Squirrels are specialists because they only eat acorns, berries, and flowers.
GENERALISTS
- Generalists can use a wide range of resources.
- Vultures are generalists because they eat multiple things inside decomposed bodies.
CONFORMERS
- Conformers do not control their internal environments.
- Tigers are conformers because they stay internally warm no matter what.
REGULATORS
- Regulators are species that change internally based on environmental changes
- Snakes are regulators because they can change to live in tropical or desert areas
MUTUALISM
- Mutualism is when two species live together and benefit off each other
- spider crab and algae have mutualism because algae gets a place to live and crab gets camouflage
PARASITISM
- Parasitism is when one species benefits by harming but does not kill the other species
- Mosquito and human have a parasitism relationship because the mosquito benefits without killing us
COMMENSALISM
- Commensalism is when one species benefits while the other is unaware
- The spider and deer have commensalism because the spider builds web while deer is unaware of it
PREDATION
- Predation is when one species hunts another for food
- The bird and fish have predation because the bird kills the fish for food
COMPETITION
- Competition is when more than one species uses the same resource at the same time
- Deer could have competition over food, resources, or mates
