Chapter 16: Competition Flashcards
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What is the competitive exclusion principle?
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Two (or more) species cannot coexist indefinitely on the same limiting resource
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What is Liebig’s law of the minimum?
A
The growth of a population is limited by the resource whose supply is least relative to demand (scarcest)
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What is the Grubb-Tilman hypothesis?
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Plant competition increases when resources are scarce (focus on below-ground competition for nutrients)
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What is the Grime-Keddy hypothesis?
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Plant competition decreases when resources are scarce (emphasis on above-ground competition for light)
