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Trophic Level |
Rank in the feeding hierarchy |
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Coevolution |
Process in which hosts and parasites become locked in a duel of escalating adaptations |
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Fundamental Niche |
The full niche of a species |
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Producers (autotrophs) |
Organisms that capture solar energy for photosynthesis to produce sugars |
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Realized Niche |
The portion of the fundamental niche that is actually filled |
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Exploitation |
Process by which one member exploits another for its own gain (+/-) interactions |
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Character Displacement |
Competiting species diverge in their physical characteristics due to the evolution of traits best suited to the resource they use |
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Community |
An assemblage of populations of organisms living in the same place at the same time |
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Resource Partioning |
Process by which species use different resources or use shared resources in different ways |
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Symbiosis |
Mutualism in which the organisms live in close physical contact |
