Communities And Populations Flashcards
How an organism makes its living and interacts with the biotic and abiotic factors in it’s habitat
Niche
The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time
Competition
A type if symbiosis in which one organism lives with, on, or in a host and harms it
Parasitism
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food and nutrients
Predation
Any relationship in which two species live closely together and that benefits at least one of the species
Symbiosis
A type of symbiosis between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed
Commensalism
A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from living together
Mutualism
The effect that a pair of organisms living in a community have on each other
Interactions