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| interaction in which one organism captures and eats all or part of another individual organism |
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| Predators have adaptions to efficiently ______ prey. |
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| Prey species have adaptations to _______ catupre |
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| adaptation in which a species gains an advantage by resembling another species or object |
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| Plants produce ______ _________ as a chemical defense |
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| Examples of plant adaptaions are |
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poison
foul taste
thorns
spines |
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| Competition may cause what? |
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| competitive exclusion, the elimination of one species in a community |
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| What is character displacement driven by |
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| What is character displacement |
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| the evolution of differences in characteristics due to competition |
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| Define resource partitioning |
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| differential resourse use to avoid competition |
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| one species feeds on, but does not always kill, another species |
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| both interacting species benefit |
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| Examples of mutualism are: |
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cows and bacteria, which produce cellulase in stomachs
co-evolution of bees and pllination
anemone and clownfish |
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| one species benefits and the other is not affected |
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| the number of species in a community |
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| relative abundance of each species |
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| Species interation promote what? |
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| Disturbances can alter a community by |
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| elimination or removing organisms or altering resource availability |
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| Areas of low species richness may be less stable in the event of an |
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| What is ecological succession |
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| a change in the species composition of a communtiy over time |
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| What is primary succession |
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| the assembly of a community on newly created habitat |
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| Primary succession occurs in areas that have been recently... |
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| exposed to the elements and lack soil |
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| What is secondary succession |
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| the change in an existing community following a disturbance |
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| Where does secondary succession occur |
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| areas where the orginal ecosystem has been cleared by a disturbance and soil is present |
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| the community proceeds through a predictable series of stages unti it reaches a stable end point |
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| Where does primary succession proceed from |
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| lichens and mosses to a climax community |
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| Where does secondary succession proceed from to a climax community |
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