Chapter 19

Question 1

Interactions of the native species in a community with non-native species that exclude or slow the growth of those non-native species.

Answer 1

Biotic Resistance

Question 2

Of or relating to fuels that, when burned, produce an amount of CO2 that is equal to or less than the amount taken up by the plants from which they are made.

Answer 2

Carbon nuetral

Question 3

A process in which the best competitor uses limiting resources that the weaker competitor requires ultimately causing a decline in the weaker competitor’s population growth to the point of extinction.

Answer 3

Competitive Displacement

Question 4

An elaboration of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis proposing that species diversity is maximized when the level of disturbance and the rate of competitive displacement are roughly equivalent.

Answer 4

Dynamic Equilibrium Model

Question 5

The use of limiting resources by different species in a community in different ways.

Answer 5

Resource Partitioning

Question 6

A hypothesis proposing that species can coexist in a community by using the same resources, but in differing proportions.

Answer 6

Resource Ratio Hypothesis