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15 Cards in this Set
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community
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assemblage of populations of various species living close enough for INTERACTION
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interspecifc relation
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living together
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resource partitioning
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natural selection modifies similar organims so they can coexist
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allopatric displacement
sympatric displacement |
living seperate
living together |
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how do animals protect from predation?
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cryptic coloration
aposematic coloration batesian mimicry mullerian mimicry physical features chemical features |
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herbivory
parasitism disease mutualism commensalism |
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interspecific adaptations
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change in 1 adaptation acts as a change in another species which affects 1st species
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2 featueres of community structure
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species diversity
trophic/feeding relationship |
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2 aspects of species diversity
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species richness
species abundance |
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aspects of feeding relationship
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food wbes, food chains,
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2 reasons why food chain is small?
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energetic
dynamic stability |
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2 factors affect diversity
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geographic location
size of population |
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equatorial gradients
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tropical areas have more animals
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2 key factors affect equatorial gradient
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evol history + climate
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species area curve
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large the area, more diverse if other factors are constant
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