Community Ecology Flashcards
1
Q
Competition
A
Fighting over resources. Can be interspecies
2
Q
Exclusion
A
A species is able to drive out another
3
Q
Realized Niche
A
The “best in slot” niche for an organism
4
Q
Coexisting
A
Two different species can partition out resources amongst each other
5
Q
Character displacement
A
When organisms change to avoid competition
6
Q
Primary succession
A
Initial colonization of life in a barren area
7
Q
Secondary succession
A
New species comes in to compete with the pioneer species
8
Q
Pioneer species
A
The species that did primary succession
