3.1 Flashcards
Niche
biotic and abiotic resources that an organism uses. What, when, where, and how it uses them
community
all organisms that live in a place and how they interact
Realized niche vs fundamental niche
realized is the potential use of resources and fundamental is what resources It actually uses
What happens when species niches overlap
niche partitioning
what happens when there is a small amount of overlap between species
inter specific competition
types of interaction
competition (-.-). mutualism (+,+), commensalism (+, 0), predation/herbivory/paraitism
(-,+)
facultative vs obligatory
faculative-can live without the other, obigatory-dependent on the other
an elk and a deer both eating the same kind of plant
competition