Phylogeny of Flowering Plants - Structure and Function of Plants - Lecture Notes, Study notes of Biology

Download Phylogeny of Flowering Plants - Structure and Function of Plants - Lecture Notes and more Study notes Biology in PDF only on Docsity! Ecology (“lite”) 1. Phylogeny of Flowering Plants – We’ve finished with the general survey of plant diversity 2. The study of interactions between a. Organism – organism b. Organism – environment c. Complex field of study incorporating many aspects of biology 3. Interactions between organisms a. Competitive b. Mutualism 4. Competition for Space! Within… a. Light b. Macronutrients: K, P, N, C, O, Mg, H and others… c. H20 and CO2 5. Principal of competitive exclusion and the Lemna example (Fern) 6. Plant architecture and competitive exclusion 7. Examples 8. Weeds and competitive exclusion a. Tamarix spp - Salt Cedar b. Brassica tournefortii – Sahara mustard 9. The New World has also contributed weeds to the world – Opuntia a. Cactoblastis moth native to South America moving into Florida 10. Allelopathy – a tool in competitive exclusion 11. Pteridium aquilinum 12. Specialization can create a situation in which different species coexist without exclusion. Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa. 13. Deciduous forest structure 14. Mutualism - a biological interaction in which the growth, survival, and/or reproduction of both interacting species are enhanced. a. Plant pollinators (video on Tuesday) b. Plant fungal interactions Docsity.com