Not my Species
Animal populations becoming permanently separated is sometimes the first step in this process.
What is Speciation?
What is mutualism?
The scientific term for a creature's role in its environment.
What is a niche?
These islands were studied extensively by Charles Darwin
What are the Galapagos Islands
The name for the offspring of parents of two different species
What is a hybrid?
Tapeworms are an example of this type of symbiosis
What is Parasitism?
Organisms moving out of their preferred niche into one that has fewer competitors is an example of this type of niche.
What is a realized niche.
These birds evolved different shapes of beaks to eat different foods and avoid competition with each other.
What are Finches?
This word means between members of different species
Similar species of warblers sharing a tree is an example of this behavioural adaptation.
What is Resource Partitioning?
This type of organism might occupy a broad niche.
What is a generalist?
In general there is less of this the further away you move from the equator
What is biodiversity?
The differences in dog breeds is an example of this type of variation.
What is intraspecific?
This type of symbiosis is often difficult to identify in the wild.
What is commensalism?
An organisms ideal role in its environment.
What is a fundamental niche?
These are changes to an organisms physical body
What is a structural adaptation?
What is a Mule?
Gause first explained this principal that stated the weaker species would not survive in an environment with stronger ones.
What is the competitive exclusion principle?
The Koala Bear would be an example of an organism living in one of these.
What is a narrow niche?
These types of organisms tend to live in environments where the climate is predictable and adapt unique characteristics to survive in one particular niche.
What are specialists?