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Chapter 12: Predation - Answer:
Hudson Bay Co. Trade - Answer: Allows us to track population
cycles of snowshoe hares
,What causes population cycles in hare and lynx? - Answer: -FOOD
supplies become limiting when hare population density is high
- PREDATION by lynx and other predators can explain drop in
survival rates
Predation - Answer: a trophic interaction where individuals of
one species (a predator) benefits by consuming individuals of
another species (its prey).
Parasitoids - Answer: insects that lay eggs within another host,
after hatching the larvae stay in the host which they eventually kill
and eat
Predators generally focus on areas that - Answer: yield abundant
prey
(Some predators are sit and wait, while others relocate to areas
with abundant prey)
Generalist Predators - Answer: Most Predators are often
generalists and consume whatever is available
, Specialist Predators - Answer: show a preference in what they eat
regardless of abundance
(ex. Hare constitute 20% of lynx available food, yet make-up 60-
80% of their diet)
Search image: - Answer: the heightened ability of a predator to
detect a target
(Animals will gain experience with specific species of prey to
become more efficient at capturing them
This will lead the predator to focus on that species and ignore
other prey)
Herbivores eat - Answer: they are mostly specialists and eat
specific parts of plants
(Leaves are the most consumed part; other than seeds because of
their abundance and nutrition)
Nitrogen content from greatest to least - Answer: -animals
-seeds
-angiosperm leaves