Isle Royale Predator and Prey Relationships

My AP Biology Thoughts

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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Music Credits:

• "Ice Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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