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Concept of Community
Structure of Community
Community Development
Community Biodiversity
Potpourri
100
This term refers to the thorough listing of species living in a locale.
What is the composition?
100

This term refers to all conditions under which an organism may exist in nature.

What is a fundamental niche?
100
This concept is defined by a community's ability to persist through time, its ability to resist change, and its ability to recover after a disturbance.
What is community stability
100

This type of succession occurs in areas where there is no soil formation

What is primary succession?
100
This term refers to a series of species replacements in a community following a disturbance.
What is succession?
200
This factor is the difference between the composition & diversity in a community.
What is the abundance of each species?
200
This is what occurs when members of different species try to utilize a resource that's in limited supply.
What is interspecific competition?
200
This class of species will bounce back after an intermediate disturbance occurs.
What is an r-selected species?
200
These species of plants are the first to move in, under a secondary succession.
What are pioneer species?
200
This principle states that no two species can indefinitely occupy the same niche at the same time.
What is the competetive exclusion principle?
300
This model of diversity suggests that each population in a community is there because its own particular abiotic requirements are met by a particular habitat.
What is the individualistic model
300
This interaction refers to one organism deriving nourishment from another living organism.
What is parasitism?
300
This type of species is essential for maintaining community diversity.
What is a keystone species?
300
A farmer's abandoned field being reclaimed by goldenrod and other wild grasses is an example of this form of succession.
What is secondary succession?
300
This type of relationship has one organism clearly benefiting and the other neither benefiting nor being harmed.
What is commensalism
400
These two factors determine species richness on islands.
What is island size and distance from the mainland?
400
With this kind of mimicry, the prey lacks the defense of the organism it resembles.
What is Batesian mimicry?
400
This is the consequence of introducing an exotic species into an environment. (2 answers possible)
1) What is unbridled competition?

2) What is a reduction in biodiversity?

400
This model claims that succession in a particular area will always lead to the same climax community.
What is the facilitation model
400
If there are too few or too many disturbances to a community, this will suffer as a consequence.
What is community diversity?
500
These islands tend to experience greater rates of immigration than their counterpart.
What are near islands?
500
This class of parasites operate inside their hosts.
What are endoparasites?
500
This is a reason k-selected species do not bounce back as easily from intermediate disturbances. (2 answers possible)
1) What is the long birth to maturity period?

2) What are small birthpools?

500
This model explains why both goldenrod, dandelions, and thistle may all reclaim the same plot of land.
What is the tolerance model
500
This type of island has the greatest biodiversity and species richness. (Name 2 traits)
What is a near and large island?