Community Ecology Study Resources

Here are a few resources for additional information regarding topics covered in this section of lecture (some resources go more in-depth than what we have covered in class).

Community Interactions

(Scitable, predator-prey link)

Predation, Herbivory, and Parasitism

Predator-Prey Dynamics 

Interactive Pred-Prey Simulation

Lotka-Volterra 

Direct and Indirect Effects (figure left)

Competitive Exclusion  

Mighty Mutualisms: Plant-pollinator Interactions

(Begon et al. 1990. via Scitable)

Neat Virtual Lab comparing interspecific competition between Paramecium spp. in a fashion similar to Gause's experiment (note: you may want to record your data table on paper).

Resource Partitioning

 

 

Community composition

(Scitable, succession link)

 

Characterizing communities: richness, evenness, and diversity

Succession: community change through time

Disturbance & Diversity
 e.g., Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis

The Maintenance of Species Diversity

e.g., Competitive Exclusion, Coexistence

Community Ecology - a general gateway for exploring related topics.


Biomes (final exam)

(Figure 4, Nature.com/Scitable)

Terrestrial Biomes

The World's Biomes