Community Ecology

Question 1

number and type of species in a community

Answer 1

community composition

Question 2

number of different species in an area

Answer 2

richness

Question 3

number of individuals of a specific species as a percent of total number of individuals present

Answer 3

Abundance (evenness)

Question 4

spatial patterns in a community

Answer 4

Community structure

Question 5

number of trophic levels and number of species within them

Answer 5

complexity

Question 6

production of biomass by photosynthesis

Answer 6

primary productivity

Question 7

amount of biomass stored after respiration

Answer 7

net primary

Question 8

recovers quickly from disturbance

Answer 8

resilience

Question 9

resists changes despite disturbance

Answer 9

stability

Question 10

shift of community composition/structure over time

Answer 10

Succession

Question 11

land is bare (i.e., no soil) and colonized by organisms for the first time

Answer 11

Primary

Question 12

occurs after disturbance, new community develops from old one

Answer 12

secondary

Question 13

any force that disrupts a community’s composition, structure, function

Answer 13

disturbance

Question 14

types of disturbances

Answer 14

Small and large scale
Fast and slow
Human and non-human

Question 15

disturbances are harmful

Answer 15

Organismal view

Question 16

disturbances are sometimes helpful

Answer 16

More recent view