competition

Question 1

define community ecology

Answer 1

population to community to ecosystem to biosphere

Question 2

define community

Answer 2

group of species at the same time and place and the interactions that bind them

Question 3

define pairwise interactions

Answer 3

interaction between 2 populations of species

Question 4

what the pairwise interactions based on?

Answer 4

harmed, benefitted, unaffected

Question 5

what are the 6 types of interactions?

Answer 5

predation (+/-)
mutualism (+/+)
commensalism (+/0 )
herbivory (+/-)
competition (-/-)
parasitism (+/-)

Question 6

define competition

Answer 6

interaction that occurs when organism of the same of different species use a common resource that is in short supply

Question 7

what are the characterizations for competition?

Answer 7

1. intraspecific and interspecific
2. exploitation and interference
3. symmetric and asymmetric

Question 8

life history traits affect?

Answer 8

body size
longevity
age at 1st reproduction
fecundity