Other projects look to the relationships among members of the same species, such as those involved with sexual selection. Some projects focus on the relationships between species, from the conflict between predators and prey to the mutualistic cooperation of symbiotes. Understand how variation in prey demographic rates, predator demographic rates, and predator attack rates influence the population growth of predators and their prey. In predation, a member of one species (the predator) eats part or all of the living, or recently living, body of another organism (the prey).This interaction is beneficial for the predator, but harmful for the prey (+/- interaction). We’ll be comparing the new and old schools. We also have other major projects taking place with snakes, poison frogs, beetles and butterflies. Develop a model for the interactions between predators and their prey. Its a battle to the death In this installment of Versus, we’re pitting 1987’s Predator against 2022’s Prey. The predators should vary, such as owls, jaguars, sharks and alligators.
We are doing active research on avian predators and visual ecology at Lammi Biological Station. Provide each student with a card that shows the picture and name of a predator. Here we have a long-term project investigating populations at depth across Europe and the northern hemisphere. Predator-Prey Interactions AECL 312 Fall 2015 Lab, Thursday 3:10 pm to 6:00 pm Abstract The objective of all animals hunting for food is to take in more energy than they expend hunting for it. Our primary study system is the polymorphic wood tiger moth, Arctia plantaginis.
Our main line of questioning investigates the evolution of polymorphism within populations and divergence between populations.Įxperimental studies in the lab and field are our speciality. Our lab has long-standing interests to understand the behavioural and genetic processes that underscore variation in animal interactions. We also have a worldwide network of collaborators and alumni. We are based at the University of Helsinki (Finland), where we work both on the Viikki Campus and Lammi Biological Station. We are the ‘ Ecology and Evolution of Interactions’ research group, led by Johanna Mappes.