The Ecological Niche - Lecture 5 Flashcards
1
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What is the modern concept of a niche?
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“Proposed to address interactions between tolerances and requirements to define conditions and resources needed by individual/species.” Huthcinson (1957)
- Multi dimensional.
2
Q
What is the fundamental niche?
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It describes overall potentialities of a species, i.e. niche of a species in the absence of competition from another species.
3
Q
What is the realized niche?
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It is a limited spectrum of conditions and resources that allow it to persist, i.e. niche of a species in the presence of competitors - precise nature depends on which competing species are present.
4
Q
What is inter-specific competition?
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5
Q
What is intra-specific competitions?
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