Community Ecology

Question 1

What is community ecology?

Answer 1

• An assembly of interaction population of different living within a particular area or habit.
• Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with the relationship among different organisms and physical surroundings.
• THE STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SPECIES IN COMMUNITIES

Question 2

What determines which species live together? (2)

Answer 2

The individualist Hypothesis

Interactive Hypothesis

Question 3

What determines which species live together -The individualist Hypothesis (2)

Answer 3

1) Species that occur together simply have the same abiotic requirements
water, climate, sun, and minerals
2) Association of species is random and due to coincidence

Question 4

What determines which species live together -The Interactive Hypothesis (2)

Answer 4

The idea that a community is defined by the interactions between organisms within it. All members are part of an interconnected web of roles all connected. Communities are integrated units of closely linked species
2) Association of species is not random