54.1 The Scale of Ecology

54.1 The Scale of Ecology

  • This chapter talks about ecol ogy.
  • Chapter 55 is about this topic.

  • There are two subdisciplines.
  • There is a reason for the success of such species.
  • We will look at the effect of inva on native species in Chapter 59.
    • Callaway enemies are mostly insects that occur in the country of origin and Aschehoug collected seeds of three native Montana grasses in the new locale to test their hypothesis.
  • Plants from Eurasia were secreting allelochemicals from their roots to out compete native Montana grasses.
  • Three months after sowing seeds, the C. diffusa reduces the harvest of plants.
  • Three months have passed since grasses native to Eurasia were introduced.
  • At the top of each graph.
  • The growth of native plants in the U.S. is hampered by the allelochemicals produced by Centaurea diffusa.
  • Plants that are not native to the area versus plants that are new to the area.
  • The experiments were repeated with grasses.
  • Briefly describe the evidence collected to support the outcompetes Montana grasses.
  • The chemicals that C. diffusa and native grasses release can be attributed to what else could have been measured.