8.5,6,7: Community Ecology Flashcards
1
Q
What is a community?
A
- a group of populations of different species living closely and capable of interacting
2
Q
What is a habitat?
A
- a place or part of an ecosystem occupied by an organism
3
Q
What is an ecological niche?
A
- the role and position a species has in its environment
4
Q
What is a fundamental niche?
A
The niche potentially occupied by the species if there were no limiting factors
(Predators, competitors, etc.)
5
Q
What is a realized niche?
A
The portion of the fundamental niche the species actually occupies
6
Q
What are interspecific interactions?
A
Interactions of individuals from one species with individuals of another species
7
Q
What are the five types of interspecific interactions?
A
- competition
- predation
- herbivory
- symbiosis (parasitism, mutualism, commensalism)
- facilitation
