Module 3, Lecture 3: Urban Competition

Question 1

Environmental challenges

Answer 1

Environmental factors that lower average survival or reproductive success

Question 2

Abiotic challenges

Answer 2

Non-living factors like weather or water availability that affect survival

Question 3

Biotic challenges

Answer 3

Living factors like predators, parasites, or pathogens that affect survival

Question 4

Competitive dominance

Answer 4

One species (often larger) outcompetes another, forcing it into more challenging habitats

Question 5

Removing the dominant species

Answer 5

The subordinate species may shift into easier habitats to improve fitness

Question 6

Removing the subordinate species

Answer 6

The dominant species likely won’t shift, since it already occupies the better habitat

Question 7

Competitive exclusion tolerance rule

Answer 7

Species are separated across environments because dominant species do better in easier areas, while others adapt to tougher conditions

Question 8

Propensity

Answer 8

A natural tendency or inclination to behave in a certain way