AP Biology: Community Ecology Flashcards
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| 7341867125 | community | A group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other | 0 | |
| 7341867126 | commensalism | A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited |  | 1 |
| 7341867127 | habitat | type of environment in which a species typically lives | 2 | |
| 7341867128 | symbiosis | A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other | 3 | |
| 7341867129 | mutualism | A relationship between two species in which both species benefit |  | 4 |
| 7341867130 | character displacement | evolution of anatomical differences that reduce competition between similar species | 5 | |
| 7341867131 | competitive exclusion | process whereby two species compete for a limiting resource, and one drives the other to local extinction |  | 6 |
| 7341867132 | ecological niche | the resources and environmental conditions that a species requires | 7 | |
| 7341867133 | interspecific competition | competition between members of different species |  | 8 |
| 7341867134 | resource partitioning | species adapt to access different portions of a limited resource; allows species with similar needs to coexist |  | 9 |
| 7341867135 | brood parasitism | one egg laying species benefits by having another raise its offspring | 10 | |
| 7341867136 | parasitoid | an insect which has its larva develop inside of another insect and which kills that insect when it emerges |  | 11 |
| 7341867137 | parasitism | relationship in which one species withdraws nutrients from another species, without immediately killing it |  | 12 |
| 7341867138 | intermediate disturbance hypothesis | species richness is greatest in communities where disturbances are moderate in their intensity or frequency | 13 | |
| 7341867139 | pioneer species | species that colonize a new habitat | 14 | |
| 7341867140 | primary succession | An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed |  | 15 |
| 7341867141 | secondary succession | Succession following a disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil |  | 16 |
| 7341867142 | exotic species | organisms that are not native to a particular area |  | 17 |
| 7341867143 | indicator species | species that serve as early warnings that an ecosystem is being damaged | 18 | |
| 7341867144 | keystone species | A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem | 19 |