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Adaption, Ecology and the Environment
11.1 The received view in Ecology11.2 History and Theory in Ecology11.3 The Balance of Nature11.4 Niches and Organisms11.5 Reconstructing Niches11.6 Unfinished Business
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11.1 The Received View in Ecology
● Ecology versus Evolutionary Theory● Ecology as a description of Environment● The concept of the Niche
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11.1 Ecology versus Evolutionary Theory
ecology: short term view on a local area or local community
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11.1 Ecology versus Evolutionary Theory
ecology: short term view on a local area or local commuity
evolutionary theory:long term global view
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11.1 Ecology
ecology is a way of explaining evolutionary fitnesses of organisms;and so it is formulating the source laws of evolutionary biology;
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11.1 Ecology as a description of Environment
it describes the environment where evolutionary changes take place;
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11.1 The concept of the Niche
Elton's concept of a niche:a way of making a living in an organic community;
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11.1 The concept of the Niche
Elton's concept of a niche:a way of making a living in an organic community;different organisms can play the same causal roles indifferent communities;grazers->predators->scavengers->seed eaters...
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11.1 The concept of the Niche
Elton's concept of a niche:a way of making a living in an organic community;different organisms can play the same causal roles indifferent communities;grazers->predators->scavengers->seed eaters...still members of the same niche:communities that are widely scattered in space and time but functionally similar
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11.2 History and Theory in Ecology
●Signals sent by history●Island biogeographie
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11.2 Signals sent by History
reconstruction of history by its traces in the present
signals in the form of jointly inherited features
convergence and divergence are noise and disturb the “signal“
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11.2 Island Biogeography
an ahistorical view by MacArthur:diversity only depends on the size of an „island“ and its distance from immigration sources
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11.2 Island Biogeography
an ahistorical view by MacArthur:diversity only depends on the size of an „island“ and its distance from immigration sources=>time and accidental historical developments play a minor role
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11.2 Island Biogeography
an ahistorical view by MacArthur:diversity only depends on the size of an „island“ and its distance from immigration sources=>time and accidental developments play a minor role
do islands of the same size and physical similarityhave simular communities?
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11.3 The Balance of Nature
communities can get close to reach equilibrium conditions
but they need internal checks and balances(competion, predation, parasitism, ...)
there is always the possibility of devastation from outside
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in reality equilibrium is never reached
the return time from disturbance is shorter than the life span of the community's dominant elements
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11.4 Niches and Organisms
Classic view:organisms are shaped to fit their niche
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11.4 Niches and Organisms
Classic view:organisms are shaped to fit their niche
Lewontin: organisms construct environments “as much as”(?) environments construct organisms
niches are defined by their occupants, they do not exist by themselves
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Two concepts of environment
Godfrey-Smith: properties defined by an organism(e.g. territory)other properties(e.g. temperature)
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Three concepts of environment
Robert Brandon:external environment(physical factors, biotic and abiotic)
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Three concepts of environment
Robert Brandon:external environment(physical factors, biotic and abiotic)
ecological environment(factors that affect the organism's reproductive output)
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Three concepts of environment
Robert Brandon:external environment(physical factors, biotic and abiotic)
ecological environment(factors that affect the organism's reproductive output) selective environment (ctitical for evolutionary theory)(factors that differentially affect the reproductive output across a range of individuals)
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11.5 Reconstructing Niches
The authors prefer Lewontin's concept of the Nichebut would make some extensions
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11.5 Reconstructing Niches
The authors prefer Lewontin's concept of the Nichebut would make some extensions
The dimensions of the niches should be determined by the clade and not by the species that belongs to it
=> a more generalistic and long-lasting solution
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11.6 Unfinished Business
the nature of ecology's units is problematic
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11.6 Unfinished Business
the nature of ecology's units is problematic
communities in small islands can de recognized
but what about an area with a smooth change from closed forest to woodland and from woodland to grassland?
there will be no well defined membership in such communities...
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