ENV100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Evolutionary Arms Race, Ecological Niche, Niche Differentiation
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Categories: competition, predation, parasitism, herbivory, mutualism (120) species interactions - interactions amongst species are key to communication. Intraspecific - among members of same species vs. interspecific - Competitive exclusion - one species is very effective competitor - Realized niche - portion of fundamental niche that is actually. Resource partitioning - species divide the resource they use in vice-versa can include another species from resource entirely filled, or realized commonly by specializing in diff ways o o o. Predators kill and consume prey: predation - predator hunt/kill/consume individual of another species (prey) Parasitism - relationship in which one organism, the parasite depends on another, the host, for nourishment or some other benefit but does the host harm. Herbivores exploit plants - animals feed on tissues of plants - doesn"t kill it. Mutualism - 2 or more species benefit from interaction with one another. Symbiosis - species that live in close contact. Amensalism - one organism is harmed the other is unaffected.
