BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 3 Task

Describe the three main types of predator defined in ecology. How does an understanding of fitness, abundance, and foraging behavior help us understand predation? How does environmental patchiness or fragmentation affect predator–prey populations?

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Resources: Field Study by Beren Robinson in Ch. 5 of Elements of Ecology

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the important aspects of the study and how they relate to ecology and evolution.

Describe original observations of researchers.

Describe the study in detail:

·Research questions of study ·Hypotheses ·Variables in study

Discuss research findings.

·Include a brief, general overview of how ecologists use evidence and observation to quantify results before going in to the specific findings of this case study.

Discuss evolution and its relationship to natural selection.

·What role do they play in ecology?

·What role do they play specifically in the case study chosen?

Propose a follow-up study based on the case study. Briefly address the following questions:

·What variables would you alter?

·What additional findings might you expect to discover on aspects of evolution or natural selection in your proposed study?

Complete the following:

After reading Ch. 1 of Essentials of Ecology, create an outline of the main interactions that happen between organisms, populations, and communities in an assigned ecosystem. Develop an outline and suggest additional interactions that might be important.

Examine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each team member and to society in general.

·Post your team’s outline from this exercise via the Assignments link. Briefly describe how this activity applied to the weekly concepts.

Post a 150- to 200- word summary from your team’s examination and discussion of the weekly concepts exercise via the Assignments link.