Habitat And Niche Flashcards
A habitat differs from a?
Niche
A habitat is?
All aspects of the area in which an organism lives. Biotic and abiotic factors.
An ecological niche includes?
All of the factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce. Like food, abiotic conditions, and behavior.
What gives structure to a community?
Resource availability.
Species can share?
Habitats and resources.
Competition occurs when?
When two species use resources in the same way.
Competitive exclusion keeps what?
Two species from occupying the same niche.
What are the differents outcomes on competitive exclusion.
– One species is better suited to the niche and the other will either be pushed out or become extinct. – The niche will be divided. – The two species will further diverge.
Ecological equivalents are species that?
Occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions.
Every organism has a?
Habitat and a niche.