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26 Cards in this Set
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Symbioses
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the relationship between different species living in close association with one another
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preditor
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captures, kills, and consumes another individual
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prey
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the thing being captured killed and eaten
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mimicry
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a harmless species resembles a poisonous of distasteful species
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herbivores
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animals that eat plants
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secondary compounds
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a poisonous, irritating or bad-tasting substance synthesized by plants as a defense mechanism
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Parasitism
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is a species interaction that resembles predation in that one individual is harmed while the other individual benefits
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parasite
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feeds on another individual
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host
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the other individual that the parasite feeds on
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Ectoparasites
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are external parasites, they live on their host but do not enter the host's body
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Endoparasites
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are internal parasites, they live inside the host's body
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competitive exclusion
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the local extinction of a species due to competition
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character displacement
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evolution of anatomical differences that reduce competition between similar species
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resource partitioning
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among similar species, a pattern of resource use in which species reduce their use of shared resources
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mutualism
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is a cooperative relationship in which both species derive some benefit
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Pollinators
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animals that carry pollen
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Commensalism
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is an interaction in which one species benefits and the other is not affected
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species richness
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the number of species it contains
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species diversity
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relates the number of species in the community to the relative abundance of each species
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species area affect
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a pattern of species distribution in which larger area contain more species than smaller areas do
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stability
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indicates its resistance to change
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succession
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the gradual sequential regrowth of species in an area
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primary succession
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is the development of a community in an area that has not supported life previously
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secondary succession
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is the sequential replacement of species that follows disruption of an existing community
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pioneer species
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species that predominate early in succession
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climax community
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when succession reaches a stable point
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