Community Ecology

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batesian mimicry

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a mimic takes on colors or look of something more distasteful in order to avoid being eaten

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character displacement

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differences among similar species whose distribution overlap geographically are accentuated in regions where the species co occur, minimized or lost where do not overlap

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coevolution

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changes in a least two species genetic compositions reciprocally affects each other evolution

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commensalism

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one species benefits and the other benefits nor is harmed

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community

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species that occur at any particular locality

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competition

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contest between organisms for niche, territory, or location, for resources and goods, mates, prestige and recognition

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competitive exclusion

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if two species are competing for a limited resource the species that uses the resource more efficiently will eventually eliminate the other locally

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cryptic coloration

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color that blends with the surroundings hides individual from predators

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ecological niche (fundamental)

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area species is able to use based on physiological tolerance limits and resource needs

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ectoparasite

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feed on the exterior surface of an organism

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endoparasite

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live within the body of their hosts

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exploitative competition

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organisms interact indirectly by consuming scarce resources

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interference competition

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organisms interact directly by fighting for scarce resources

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interspecific competition

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two species use the same resource and not enough to satisfy both

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keystone species

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species whose effetcs on the composition of communities are greater than one might expect based on their abundance. can manipulate the environment in ways that create new habitats for others, beavers, alligators

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mimicry

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species resemble distasteful ones

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mullerian mimicry

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several unrelated but protected animal species come to resemble one another

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mutualism

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both participating species benefit

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parasitism

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one species benefits the other is harmed

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parasitoid

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insects that lay eggs in or on living hosts

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predation

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consuming of one organism by another

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resource partitioning

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niche subdivision to avoid direct competition

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warning coloration

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bright colors warn of poisonous nature

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ecological niche (realized)

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actual set of environmental conditions, including prescence or absence of other species, in which the species can establish a stable population