ENWC201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Aestivation, Proventriculus, Torpor

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Entomology and Wildlife Conservation
• Course: ENWC201
• Professor: Kyle Mc Carthy

Document Summary

Habitat: the physical and biological resources required by an organism for its survival and reproduction. The most important features of habitat selection are food and shelter. Habitat selection: choice of settings that favor survival and reproduction. Provides protection from the elements and predators. Food - energy in food provides metabolic fuel for all processes. Herbivores have longer and more complex digestive tracts. Since they have to have enzymes break down cellulose. Those with simple stomachs have well developed cecums. Gizzard: grinds up food with tough, abrasive lining. Adaptations to limits - when food resources are limited, animals adapt. Habitat selection : choice of settings that favor survival and reproduction. Long tail , able to navigate really well. Leaves, buds, stems, flowers, fruit, and insects. Come to bird feeder to eat birds. Run a lot, so need large space. Thorns around their nest, in desert habitat. Get their water and regurgitate for their offspring. Desert / shrub montane (space to run)