Diversification of dioecios angiosperms
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Endothermy and Ectothermy
Ch. 6.7, Bush
Outline
Effects
of temperature on life
Thermoregulation
Ecological
aspects of thermoregulation
Outline
Effects
of temperature on life
Thermoregulation
Ecological
aspects of thermoregulation
Effects of extreme temperatures
Cold -- the effects of freezing
– physical damage to structures caused by the formation of
ice; the membrane bound structures are destroyed or
damaged.
Heat
– inadequate O2 supply for metabolic demands (especially in
areas where O2 is low, such as water)
Heat and Cold
– reduced activity or denaturation of proteins -- the inactivation
of certain proteins with the result that metabolic pathways
are distorted.
Optimal temperature for enzyme
functioning
Body Temperature
Law
of Tolerance:
– for most requirements of life, there is an
optimal quantity, above and below which
the organism performs poorly
There
is much variation in the range of
temperatures that a species can
tolerate
Outline
Effects
of temperature on life
Thermoregulation
Ecological
aspects of thermoregulation
Thermoregulation
maintenance
of internal temperature
within a range that allows cells to
function efficiently
Two
main types
– ectothermy
– endothermy
Endothermy versus ectothermy
Ectothermy
an animal that relies on external environment
for temperature control instead of generating
its own body heat
“cold-blooded”
e.g., invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians,
and most fish
the majority of animals are ectotherms
Metabolism and temperature
ectotherms
cannot move very much
unless the ambient temperature allows
roughly,
for each 10 degree increase in
temperature, there is a 2.5 increase in
metabolic activity
Ectothermy
Desert iguanas are active only when ambient
temperature is close to optimal for them
Ectothermic animals
Endothermy
a warm-blooded animal that controls its body
temperature by producing its own heat
through metabolism
evolved approximately 140 mya
E.g., birds, mammals, marsupial, some active
fish like the great white shark and swordfish
Endothermic animals
Outline
Endothermy
versus ectothermy
Behavioural
adaptations to
thermoregulation
Physiological
adaptations to
thermoregulation
Behavioural adaptations for
thermoregulation
animals often bathe
in water to cool off
or bask in the sun to
heat up
Shivering, sweating, and panting
honeybees survive
harsh winters by
clustering together and
shivering, which
generates metabolic
heat
Inefficient – 75% of
energy is lost in
mechanical movement
Torpor
metabolism decreases
heart and respiratory
system slow down
body temperature
decreases
conserves energy when
food supplies are low
and environmental
temps are extreme
E.g., hummingbirds on cold nights
Hibernation
Long-term torpor
adaptation for winter
cold and food scarcity
E.g., ground squirrels
Aestivation
summer torpor
adaptation for high
temperatures and
scarce water supplies
E.g., mud turtles,
snails
Endothermy and the evolution of
sleep?
evolutionary
remnant of torpor of our
ancestors
the
body needs sleep in order to offset
the high energy costs of endothermy:
– When animals fall asleep their metabolic
rates decrease by approximately ten
percent
Colour and Posture
Change coloration
(darker colors absorb
more heat)
– E.g., lizards, butterflies,
crabs
Posture:
– Change shape (flatten
out to heat up quickly)
– Orientation changes
Chemical adaptations
Many Canadian butterflies
overwinter here and
hibernate
they produce sugar-like
substances as antifreeze
E.g., Mourning Cloak
butterfly
Outline
Effects
of temperature on life
Thermoregulation
Ecological
aspects of thermoregulation
Advantages & Disadvantages of
Endothermy
Advantages:
– external temperature does not affect their
performance
– allows them to live in colder habitats
– muscles can provide more sustained power
– e.g., a horse can move for much longer periods than
a crocodile can
Disadvantage:
– energy expensive
– an endotherm will have to eat much more than an
ectotherm of equivalent size
Where can endotherms thrive?
Higher latitudes and deserts
Terrestrial environments have more variation
in daily and seasonal temperature which
contributes to more endotherms in terrestrial
environments
endotherms (mammals and birds) generally
outcompete ectotherms if they are after the
same food source
Size and thermoregulation
Small mammals (such as mice and shrews)
have a greater dependence on internallygenerated heat than big mammals (such as
elephants and hippos)
leads to:
– presence of insulation (fur - large mammals
generally have less hair)
– voracious appetites of small mammals (a shrew
eats more per unit body weight than an elephant
does)
Surface area to volume ratios
Ectothermy vs. endothermy
Many more
ectotherms are
small in size versus
endotherms
Ectotherms typically
have no insulation
Posture is different
Where do ectotherms thrive?
Where food items
are:
– scarce
– small
In environments
low in O2
Ecosystem functioning and ectothermy
Production Efficiency:
-can be seen as the ratio of assimilation between
trophic levels
= biomass of predator
biomass of food species
Ectotherms are more efficient than endotherms
(up to 15% versus 7%)
Thermoregulation and food chains
Endotherms are
often the top
predator in food
chains
Food chains with
lots of ectotherms
are often longer in
length
Summary
Endothermic animals regulate their body heat
to stay within the optimal range for
performance while the temperature of
ectothermic animals fluctuates with that of the
surrounding environment
Both endotherms and ectotherms have a
variety of behavioural and physiological
adaptations to deal with environmental
extremes
Climate
Ch. 4, Bush
Outline
Climate
Solar
and ecology
energy and air circulation
Oceanic
Cycles
influences
of climate change
Outline
Climate
Solar
and ecology
energy and air circulation
Oceanic
Cycles
influences
of climate change
Climate affects ecology
Temperature and precipitation
Outline
Climate
Solar
and ecology
energy and air circulation
Oceanic
Cycles
influences
of climate change
Solar energy
Solar
energy distribution is not
balanced across the globe in
– intensity
– constancy
Together,
these differences explain the
distribution of tropical and temperate
climates
Intensity of Solar energy
Solar
energy is more intense at lower
latitudes (that is, closer to the equator)
because:
• the “footprint” of the beam of energy is
smaller at tropical latitudes
• beams have shorter passage through
the atmosphere
Intensity of solar energy
more energy per
square meter in
the tropics than
at the poles
Differences in daylength
Differences in Day Length
caused
by the constant tilt of Earth as it
orbits around the sun
the
reason why temperate
environments have four seasons while
tropical environments do not
Heat and air circulation
The
disparity in energy input across the
globe drives all our weather systems
This
is because heat energy must flow
from warm to cold
Hadley cells – the effect of heat
transfer
Hot air rises and, as it rises, it cools
Cool air cannot hold as much moisture as
heated air, so it rains
This cool, dry air must go somewhere so it
pushes towards the poles, where it slows and
descends
As it descends, it is warmed
Hadley cells
Hadley cells and climate
The
downdraft of hot dry air causes the
formation of the desert regions of Earth:
E.g.,
Sahara
Sonoran
Australian
Gobi
Atacama
Equatorial rainforest
Average temp:
– 20-34 ° C
Average rainfall:
– 124-660 cm
Deserts – caused by downdrafts
of hot, dry air
Average temp:
– 20 to 25° C
Average rainfall:
– under 15 cm a year
Movement of the thermal equator
Hadley cells
Intertropical convergence zone
(ITCZ)
Movement of the ITCZ
responsible for wet and dry seasons
of the tropics
Seasonality and ITZC
In temperate latitudes, seasonality is closely
related to day length
In tropical latitudes, seasonality is closely
associated with rainfall.
Tropical rainfall influences:
– Germination, flowering, and fruiting in plants
– Breeding, feeding, migration, and life history
strategies in animals
Movement of the ITCZ
hurricanes are
spawned at the
most northerly
edge of the
ITCZ
Outline
Climate
Solar
and ecology
energy and air circulation
Oceanic
Cycles
influences
of climate change
Ocean and heat transfer
water takes more energy to heat than
land or air
Water moderates climate
The ocean makes coastal regions have
milder climates
Intertropical convergence zone
(ITCZ)
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream comes
up from Gulf of
Mexico, across
Atlantic Ocean, to
moderate climate of
Western Europe
Effects of the Gulf Stream
The
Gulf Stream makes snow rare in
London but common in Toronto:
London
Toronto
Altitude
Ave. Temp (Jan)
51 N
43 N
6 C
-4 C
Earth’s rotation causes the Coriolis effect
Both objects A and
B make one rotation
on the Earth’s axis
per day
An object located at
the equator is
rotating faster than
an object at the
pole
Coriolis Effect
Earth rotates
eastward making all
object deflect in this
direction
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Coriolis Effect and air circulation
Trade winds and the Gulf Stream
Major water currents
Outline
Climate
Solar
and ecology
energy and air circulation
Oceanic
Cycles
influences
of climate change
Cycles of Climate Change
There
are two main cycles of climate
change that are natural:
– El Nino Oscillation
– Glaciation
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream comes
up from Gulf of
Mexico, across
Atlantic Ocean, to
moderate climate of
Western Europe
Gulf Stream causes ocean currents
Warm water evaporates
Ocean becomes more salty
Loses heat as it moves towards pole
Water becomes more dense as it becomes
more salty and/or loses heat
This dense, cold, salty water sinking off the
coast of Greenland sets in motion an
immense flow of water through the oceans
Ocean currents
El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
A decrease
in wind speed of the Trade
Winds off Tahiti is observed every 3-7
years
causes less warm surface water being
piled up around Indonesia
Instead, warm surface water piles up off
Peru in South America
El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
El Nino Effects
El Nino and Hurricane Pauline
El Nino and ecology
Evidence indicates
that Galapagos
marine iguanas
actually shrink
during El Nino
events
El Nino reduces
food supply (green
and red algae)
El Nino and Insect outbreaks
In a dry lowland forest
near Panama's Pacific
coast, moth larvae
devoured 250 percent
more leaf material than
usual
Bartonellosis, an insectborne disease highly
fatal to humans, are
closely related to the
climate event El Niño
Glacial and Interglacial periods
In
the last 4 million years there have
been at least 22 ice ages (= glacial
periods)
Warm
periods between glacial periods
(interglacial) periods have been brief
In general…
Interglacial periods
– mild in temperature and with more precipitation-periods of diversification and range expansion in
organisms adapted to warmer conditions
Glacial periods
– fragmentation of plant and animal ranges (except
for arctic or cold-desert adapted organisms)
Glaciation and water level changes
About 3 million years ago, a major Ice Age
began when the sea level dropped enough to
expose the Isthmus of Panama
The Panama land bridge made possible one
of the great events in biology-the interchange
of species of two continents.
Glaciation and land changes
Moving into South
America were:
– fox; deer; tapir;
spectacled bear; spotted
cat; llama.
Moving into North
America were:
– parrot; toucan,
armadillo; giant sloth;
howler monkey; anteater;
and capybara
Last glacial period ended 11,000
years ago
90% of last 2 million
years has been
glacial
For the last 10,000
years, plants and
animals have been
living in an
unusually warm
environment
Summary
Most weather patterns are ultimately caused
by the fact that equatorial regions receive
more solar energy than polar regions
– Location of tropical, temperate and desert
ecosystems
– Wind and water currents
– Seasonality of the tropics
Weather and climate fluctuate over relatively
short time frames and relatively long ones