Interspecific relationships COPY Flashcards
What is a community
All species /living organisms found in a particular location and interact with each other in a variety of ways
Name 6 interspecific relationships
Competition-
Commensalism
Herbivory
Mutalism
Predation
Parasitism
What’s a predation relationship
One animal species eats members of another animal species
What’s herbivory relationship
An animal species eats part of a plant species
What’s competition relationship
Members of different species compete for the same resources
What’s parasitism relationship
member of 1 species lives on (or inside )members of another species feeding off them
What’s a mutualistic relationship
2 species provide each other with different resources and both benefit
What’s commensalism relationship
1 species benefits from or aids another species , while not being affected itself
What is competition and when does it exist
Competition exists when organisms need the same resources that are scarce .
NAme 2 types of competition
Interspecific and intraspecific
What is interspecific competition
Competition between members of DIFFERENT species
What is interspecific competition
Competition between members of the SAME species
What is Gause’s Law
No 2 species can occupy the same niche indefinitely in the same habitat
What is another name for Gause’s law
Principle of competitive exclusion
What 3 types of interspecific relationships display exploitation
Parasitism, Herbivory,Predatation