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 a little bit
niche partitioning
what happens when there is a large amount of overlap between species?
inter specific competition which can lead to a species going extinct.
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
a beaver uses the wood from a tree for multiple things
herbivory
a hawk catches and eats a mouse
predation
a bee pollinating flowers where the bee gets nectar and the other flowers get pollen
mutalism
a mosquito sucks your blood
parasitism
a lichen uses a tree as a habitat and it does not affect the tree
commensalism