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| the number of species, and their relative abundances. |
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| the sum of its activities and interactions as it goes about acquiring and using the resources it must have to survive and reproduce. |
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| directly benefits one species but affects the other little, if at all. |
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| relationship where both species benefit. |
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| predation/parasitism(symbiosis) |
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| directly benefits one species while harming the other. |
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| interspective competition |
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| one species wins or loses with respect to access of some resource. |
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| different species have equal access to a resource but one is better at using it. |
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| any two species differ to a greater or lesser extent in their capacity to secure and use resources. the more they overlap in these respects, the less likely they are to coexist in the sam habitat. |
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| a subdividing of some category of similar resources, which allows competing species to coexist. |
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| the joint evolution of two species interacting so closely that a change in the structure, function, or behavior, of one exerts selection pressure on the other over the generations. |
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| body forming, patterning, color, behavior, or some combination of these that helps the animal blend in with the surrounding, therefore avoiding detection. |
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| an ecological association between one species that is a model for deception and a different species, trying to resemble another species to avoid detection. |
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| when a species alerts a prey that he has poison or toxins in its body by giving a visible signal like a butterflies coloring or a bearded dragons beard! |
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| parasites that directly kill their host. |
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| opportunistic colonizers of new or recently vacated habitat and leads to other species joining them and repopulating the area. |
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| the process of pioneer species taking over a habitat, making it possible for other species to joint he habitat. |
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| when a disturbed area in a community recovers. |
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| when a species has such a disproportionately large effect on the community relative to its abundance. |
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| when an established species moves out of their home and successfully takes residence elsewhere |
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| a resident of an established community that dispersed from its home range and became reestablished elsewhere. |
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