Final Flashcards
Define competition, intraspecific and interspecific. How common is competition?
Competition- interaction bean ind. for resources that may reduce survival, fertility or growth- common when accounting for species
Intraspecific- Btwn ind. of the same species
Interspecific- Btwn ind. of diff. species
Interference vs exploitative competition
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List 6 diff biological mechanisms for which interspecific comp. can occur.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
How is competition diff for plants vs. Animals?
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Describe the Competitive Exclusion Principle and explain how it may be paradoxical in certain situations.
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Explain the terms in the equation for the Lotka-Volterra Model (LV Model)
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Describe what the coefficients alpha and beta tell us about the competitive interactions of two species.
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Describe how the LV model supports/refutes the competitive exclusion principle
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Describe/explain 4 ways we can see coexistence due to intraspecific being stronger than interspecific and provide examples.
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Explain how predator mediated coexistence can allow two or more prey species to coexist.
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Describe how character displacement can be an evolutionary consequence of competition
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Fundamental vs realized niche (how concepts fit w competition theory)
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Define predation, predator, prey and herbivory
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Describe the classic patterns in predator/prey abundance as seen in nature
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Describe all the terms in the Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model
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