Isle Royale Predator and Prey Relationships
My AP Biology Thoughts
Unit 8 Ecology
EPISODE TITLE: The Isle of Wolves
Welcome to My AP Biology Thoughts podcast, our names are Olivia, Anushka, Mea, and Hana and we are your hosts for the Unit 8 Ecology-the Isle Royale Study podcast. Today we will be discussing the Isle Royale Study and how it relates to the AP Biology Curriculum.
Segment 1: Overview of the Isle Royale Study
- Camping —> DOCTAH guise —-> isle royale —-> us listening to him talk 🙂
Segment 2: Evidence that supports the Isle Royale Study
- Winter controls the ticks (kills them all if cold temperature)
- Provide ex of trophic cascading
- Predator prey talk abt it
- Human interaction/interference (trails, being on/off)
- Coloring of the wolves
- Talk abt winter study (break island into quadrants and take populations #’s)
Segment 3: Connection to the Course
- Predator-prey relationship:
- Trophic structure: a flow of energy between organisms in an ecosystem
- Energy flow
- Parasitic
- Importance of genetic diversity
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- “Ice Flow” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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