Species Interactions
When species interact they do what
Each other, Exchange nutrients, compete for resources, Provide habitats
Competition lowers the fitness of both individuals involved for what reason?
Time and Energy
What qualifies as disturbances in an ecological community
Forest fires, windstorms, floods, disease epidemics and short term explosions
Predation
predator kills and consumes all or most of the prey. Typically carnivores.
What is an Example of Mutualism
Orange nectar bats extracting nectar
4 types of common interactions?
Commensalism, Competition, Consumption, Mutualism
What is interspecific mean?
Between species
Biologist have come to what 3 factors to determine disturbance
1)type of disturbance
2)it’s frequency
3) it’s severity
Herbivory
herbivore consumes plant and algal tissues but not entire organisms.
What is common that species will do on mutualistic systems
Cheat
What animals are an example of Coevolution?
Deers and Wolves
When individuals use the same resources it results in what?
lower fitness for both introducing the (-/-) effect
How many types of species have an influence in a community structure?
2
3 Types of Parasitism
includes endoparasite, ectoparasite, parasitoid
Tree hoppers and ants have a what type of relationahip
Dynamic