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| Gause's Principle (Competitive Exclusion Principle) |
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| If other environmental factors are constant, a species with an advantage over the another will always dominate when the two species compete for the same resources. |
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| Growth is controlled by limiting factors. |
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| Gross Primary Productivity |
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| The rate at which an ecosystem produces biomass. |
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| The total productivity after plant respiration (GPP-respiration= NPP) |
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| The success of a species depends on the extent of which its optimum environmental conditions are satisfied. |
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