Community Structure - Rainforest Trees Flashcards
Equilibrium Model
Balance of biotic factors
Non-Equilibrium
Balance of environmental conditions
Keystone Predator
are an example of a biotic interactions determining which species occur together in some environment
How is high tree species diversity maintained in rainforests?
One hypothesis is that species specific predation plays a large role in disperal (JANSEN HYPOTHESIS)
Escape curve for trees
species-specific diseases pests and predators find the adult and focus their search efforts for prey (seeds). Highest seeds mortality is near the mother tree
As distance away from the mother tree increases survival ____
increases
Kapok trees seeds’ are ___
wind dispersed
Seed shadow
As distance increases, seeds decrease
agoutis are ____
scatter horders
Trees of the same species in the rainforest are ____
highly sperated