Predation Defenses
Define mimicry
What is the resemblement of harmless species to harmful ones
What is facilitation
What is when a species improve a habitat
What is symbiosis
The interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
What is symbiosis
A close, long term interaction between two different organisms within a community
The transfer of food energy from its source in photosynthetic organisms through herbivores and carnivores is called
a food chain
What is the main defense a plant has against predators?
What is toxic chemical composition
How is tolerance an important factor in ecological succession?
When resources are low, species that are able to tolerate low resource levels will survive
What is interspecific competition
What is competition between species of a community when resources are low
What is parasitoidism
What is when a parasite eventually kills a host
The trophic structure of a community is determined by...
Feeding relationships of organisms
What are the three predator/prey relationships?
What is predator + prey, herbivore + plant, and parasite + host
What is inhibition
What is when the first organisms that arrive to an area become the most important to that area
What is community ecology
What is the study of the organization and function of communities
Describe the difference between ectoparasites and endoparasites
Ectoparasites live on the host, endoparasites live in the host
Define resource partioning
When two organisms split a niche
What is müllerian mimicry
What is when two or more unpalatable species resemble each other
What is ecological succession
What is a progressive change in the species competition of an ecosystem
Define interspecific interactions
What are relationships between the species of a community
Define mutualism
What is when two species benefit from their predator/prey interaction
Organisms that obtain energy in a similar manner share the same
trophic levels
What is a defense indicated by colors associated toxis
What is a keystone species
What is a species whose presence in the community exerts significant influence on the structure
What are the four interspecific relationships of a community
What is competition, predation, mutualism, and commensalism
Define commensalism
What is when one species benefits from a parasite/host relationship but the other isn't affected
Describe character displacement, what is it similar to?
What is when two similar species evolve to become different from each other by accentuating their minor differences
Similar to divergent evolution