Predation: What would happen to all the energy fixed by
autotrophic organisms if the community has no animals to eat the
plants? You can think of predation as nature’s way of transferring
to higher trophic levels the energy fixed by plants. When we think
of predator and prey, most probably it is the tiger and the deer that
readily come to our mind, but a sparrow eating any seed is no less
a predator. Although animals eating plants are categorised
separately as herbivores
presentation contain different type of interactions, competition-intra and inter-specific, mechanism of competition-Exploitation and Interference, Mathematical models of Competition i.e. Hutchinson Ratio, Exponential Growth, Logistic Model, Lotka-Volterra Competition Model, Tilman's Resource Model, Results of Competition i.e. Range restriction, Competitive Displacement, Competitive Exclusion , Competitive Displacement Hypothesis, Ecological Niche, Evolution of new species, Factors Affecting Competition, Case studies
presentation contain different type of interactions, competition-intra and inter-specific, mechanism of competition-Exploitation and Interference, Mathematical models of Competition i.e. Hutchinson Ratio, Exponential Growth, Logistic Model, Lotka-Volterra Competition Model, Tilman's Resource Model, Results of Competition i.e. Range restriction, Competitive Displacement, Competitive Exclusion , Competitive Displacement Hypothesis, Ecological Niche, Evolution of new species, Factors Affecting Competition, Case studies
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Exotic Fishes In Pakistan, Merits and Demerits
193 native Fish-Fresh water (2013)
28 native to Cold water
Exotic meaning ‘not-native’
“Alien fish species having origin in another part of world, acclimatize to our climate when transplanted.”
List of Exotic Fishes
Why are they introduced?
Improving local fishery potential
Broadening species diversity in aquaculture programs
Sport fishing
Aquarium Fish-Aesthetic purpose
Improving aquaculture or open water fishery productivity
Controlling of unwanted organisms (mosquitoes).
Satisfy the growing demands of fish protein
Breed in stagnant water
Easily cultivable species in algae and plant filled ponds
Low culture cost.
To get desired amount of production in less time
Easy Maintenance
Whether the introduction of said species has been a productive venture or not?
Whether the growth of indigenous carps has been affected positively or negatively or not?
Impact On Bio-diversity
Bad impacts of Exotic fishes may be categorized as
1) Genetic Impact
2) Ecological (including biological) Impact
3) Socio-economical. Impact
Merits and Demerits of common exotic carps
Features of Exotic Fishes
Recommendation
Conclusion
References
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Exotic Fishes In Pakistan, Merits and Demerits
193 native Fish-Fresh water (2013)
28 native to Cold water
Exotic meaning ‘not-native’
“Alien fish species having origin in another part of world, acclimatize to our climate when transplanted.”
List of Exotic Fishes
Why are they introduced?
Improving local fishery potential
Broadening species diversity in aquaculture programs
Sport fishing
Aquarium Fish-Aesthetic purpose
Improving aquaculture or open water fishery productivity
Controlling of unwanted organisms (mosquitoes).
Satisfy the growing demands of fish protein
Breed in stagnant water
Easily cultivable species in algae and plant filled ponds
Low culture cost.
To get desired amount of production in less time
Easy Maintenance
Whether the introduction of said species has been a productive venture or not?
Whether the growth of indigenous carps has been affected positively or negatively or not?
Impact On Bio-diversity
Bad impacts of Exotic fishes may be categorized as
1) Genetic Impact
2) Ecological (including biological) Impact
3) Socio-economical. Impact
Merits and Demerits of common exotic carps
Features of Exotic Fishes
Recommendation
Conclusion
References
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Types/routes of introductions
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accidental introduction
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competition
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parasites/diseases
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Effects of exotics
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2. • Populations evolve to maximise their reproductive
fitness, also called Darwinian fitness in the habitat..
3. • Some organisms breed only once in their lifetime (Pacific
salmon fish, bamboo)..
• While others breed many times during their lifetime
(most birds and mammals).
4. • Some produce a large number of small-sized offspring
(Oysters, pelagic fishes)..
• While others produce a small number of large-sized
offspring (birds, mammals).
6. Can you think of any natural habitat on earth that is inhabited just by
a single species?
• Even a plant species, which makes its own food, cannot
survive alone;
• Plants needs soil microbes to break down the organic
matter in soil and return the inorganic nutrients for
absorption..
7. How will the plant manage pollination without an animal
agent?
• It is obvious that in nature, animals, plants and microbes do
not and cannot live in isolation..
• Intractions in various ways to form a biological community.
8. • Interspecific interactions arise from the interaction of
populations of two different species.
• They could be ..
• beneficial (+)
• detrimental (-)
• neutral (0)..
9.
10. • In amensalism: on the other hand one species is harmed
whereas the other is unaffected.
• Predation, parasitism and commensalism share a
common characteristic– the interacting species live
closely together..
12. • What would happen to all the energy fixed by
autotrophic organisms if the community has no animals
to eat the plants?
• Predation as nature’s way of transferring to higher
trophic levels the energy fixed by plants.
13. • Predator and prey, most probably it is the tiger and the
deer that readily come to our mind,
• A sparrow eating any seed is a predator
14. • ROLE OF PREDATORS:
• Predators acting as ‘conduits’ for energy transfer across
trophic levels..
• They keep prey populations under control.
• Prey species could achieve very high population
densities and cause ecosystem instability
15. • When certain exotic species are introduced into a
geographical area,..
• They become invasive and start spreading fast because
the invaded land does not have its natural predators
16. The prickly pear cactus introduced into Australia in the early
1920’s..
• prickly pear cactus was spread rapidly into millions of
hectares of rangeland.
• Finally, the invasive cactus was brought under control
only after a cactus-feeding predator (a moth)..
17. • Predators also help in maintaining species diversity in a
community, by reducing competition among prey
species..
18. • In the rocky intertidal communities of the American
Pacific Coast the starfish Pisaster is an important
predator.
19. • In a field experiment, when all the starfish were
removed from an enclosed intertidal area,
• More than 10 species of invertebrates became extinct
within a year, because of interspecific competition..
20. • If prey might become extinct and the predator will also
become extinct for lack of food.
• This is the reason why predators in nature are ‘prudent’.
21. Camouflaged
• Prey species have evolved various defenses to lessen the
impact of predation.
• Some species of insects and frogs are cryptically-
coloured (camouflaged) to avoid being detected easily by
the predator.
22. Some Pray are poisonous and therefore avoided by the
predators.
• The Monarch butterfly is highly distasteful to its
predator (bird) because of a special chemical present in
its body.
• Interestingly, the butterfly acquires this chemical during
its caterpillar stage by feeding on a poisonous weed..
23. For plants.. herbivores are the predators.
• Nearly 25% of all insects are known to be phytophagous
(feeding on plant sap and other parts of plants).
• Therefore Plants have evolved a variety of ..
• morphological defences
• chemical defences against herbivores…
24. • Thorns (Acacia, Cactus) are the most common
morphological means of defence.
• Many plants produce and store chemicals that make the
• herbivore sick
• inhibit feeding
• digestion,
• disrupt its reproduction
• even kill it…
25. • The weed Calotropis growing in abandoned fields.
• The plant produces highly poisonous cardiac glycosides.
• That’s why you never see any cattle or goats browsing
on this plant..
26. • A wide variety of chemical substances that we extract
from plants on a commercial scale..
• nicotine,
• caffeine,
• quinine,
• strychnine,
• opium, etc.,
• are produced by them actually as defences against
grazers and browsers.
28. • Darwin spoke of the struggle for existence and survival
of the fittest in nature..
• Competition occurs when closely related species
compete for the same resources.
• Unrelated species could also compete for the same
resource
29. • In South American lakes, visiting flamingoes and
resident fishes..
• Both are compete for their common food, i.e.
zooplankton in the lake.
30. • Competition to occur even if resources (food and space)
are abundant..
• The feeding efficiency of one species might be reduced
due to the interfering and presence of the other species.
31. Gause experiment
• Gause: When resources are limited the competitively
superior species will eventually eliminate the other
species..
32. • The Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos Islands became
extinct within a decade after goats were introduced on
the island..
• Due to the greater browsing efficiency of the goats..
33. • A species whose distribution is restricted to a small
geographical area because of the presence of a
competitively superior species.
34. Connell’s elegant field experiments
• The rocky sea coasts of Scotland, the larger superior
barnacle Balanus dominates the intertidal area..
• and excludes the smaller barnacle Chathamalus from
that zone..
36. Gause’s ‘Competitive Exclusion Principle
• Two closely related species competing for the same
resources cannot co-exist .
• The competitively inferior one will be eliminated
eventually.
• This may be true if resources are limiting…
37. • While they do not rule out the occurrence of
interspecific competition in nature..
• they point out that species facing competition might
evolve mechanisms that promote co-existence rather
than exclusion..
38. Resource partition
• If two species compete for the same resource, they
could avoid competition.
• by choosing different times for feeding or different
foraging patterns…
39. MacArthur
• MacArthur showed that five closely related species of
warblers living on the same tree..
• They avoid competition and co-exist due to behavioural
differences in their foraging activities..