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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ORGANISMS . AND ENVIRONMENT 2 1 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS An understanding of the relationships BETWEEN an organism and its environment can be attained only when the environmental factors that can be experienced by the organism are considered. This is difficult because it is first necessary for the ecologist to have some knowledge of the neurological and physiological detection abilities of the organism. Sound, for example, should be measured with an instrument that responds to sound energy in the same way that the organism being studied does. Snow depths should be measured in a manner that reflects their effect on the animal.
color distinctions could be misleading. Infrared energy given off by any object warmer than absolute zero (-273°C) is detected by thermal receptors on some animals. Ticks are sensitive to infrared radiation, and pit vipers detect warm prey with thermal receptors located on the anterior dorsal portion of the skull.
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