Competition, Predation

Question 1

interspecific competition

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Competion between two species

Question 2

competitive exclustion principle

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grown out of the lotka-vikterra model
States: two species cannot coexist unless their niches are sufficiently different then each limits its own population growth more than it limits that of the other.

Question 3

The niche concept was popularized by

Answer 3

G. Evelyn Hutchinson in 1957

Question 4

niche partitioning

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resource differentiation by coexisting species

Question 5

niche breadth

Answer 5

the variety of resources or habitats used by a given species

Question 6

fundamental niche

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full range of conditions (biotic and abiotic) and resources in which an organism could survive and reproduce

Question 7

full range of conditions (biotic and abiotic) and resources in which an organism could survive and reproduce

Answer 7

fundamental niche

Question 8

realized niche

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as a result of pressure from, and interactions with, other organisms (i.e. inter-specific competition) species are usually forced to occupy a niche that is narrower than this, and to which they are mostly highly adapted