3.1 Community Ecology

Question 1

what is community?

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all the different species in an area

Question 2

what is ecology?

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the study of interaction among all populations in an environment

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A niche includes

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biotic and abiotic resources

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a niche includes where, when, and

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how a species uses the resources

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overlapping niches

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mean competition

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the fundamental niche is

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the potential space and resources where a species could live

Question 7

the realized niche

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where a population actually lives

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“Gause’s Competition

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Exclusion Principle”

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no two similar species can oocupy the same niche at

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the same time

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competition results in niche

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partitioning

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resource partitioning also means

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niche specialization

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species divide niches by

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time, location, and type of food

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competition is

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negative for both species

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mutualism is

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positive for both species

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commensalism is

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positive for one species, neutral for the other

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predation/herbivory/parasitism is

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negative for one species, positive for the other

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endosymbiosis means

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one or more species lives inside another species

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symbiosis means

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2 or more species share close physical interaction

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non-symbiosis

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organisms live apart from each other

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species interact on an

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interaction spectrum

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community ecology leads to

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evolution

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facultative

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organisms can survive without each other