Lecture 4 Communities Flashcards
1
Q
what is a community?
A
assemblage of species populations that occur together in space and time (Begon, Townsend & Harper 2006, pg. 467)
2
Q
what is community ecology?
A
seeking to understand the manner in which groupings of species are distributed in nature, and the ways these groupings can be influenced by their abiotic environment & interactions among species pops. (Begon, Townsend & Harper 2006, pg. 467)
3
Q
what is community structure?
A
the list of species and their relative abundances
4
Q
what are communities influenced by? (3)
A
environmental factors, species interactions and chance events
