Lecture 13

Question 1

competition def

Answer 1

occur when organism use or seek out a common source that is in limited supply

Question 2

2 types competition

Answer 2

resource competition
interference competition

Question 3

inter specific

Answer 3

Lotka Volterra
resource will also decrease with inter specific competition
usually stable coexistence if inter specific competition < intra specific competition
eg.grain beetle
1 species winning/ coexistence
know resource involved& mechanism by which they compete to understand competitive interaction
different environment different competitive outcome

Question 4

fundamental niche def

Answer 4

the ecological space occupied by a species in the absence of competitions and predation by other species

Question 5

Hutchinson

Answer 5

n dimensional hypervolume

Question 6

paradox

Answer 6

lab- competitive exclusion, field result- many species live together

Question 7

3 explanantion for the paradox

Answer 7

resource are not that limiting

occupy divergent niche

competition already in the past, only end up with species adapt to competition

Question 8

2 eg related to the paradox

Answer 8

eg.5 warbler same tree stem, use different parts of tree
record how many times each bird at different parts of tree, partition the tree
eg.Chthamalus and Balanus, barnacle