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Batterbee ch4 vocab
ecology
Question | Answer |
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niche | full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions |
resource | any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space |
predation | interaction in which in organism captures and feeds on another organism |
symbiosis | relationship in which two species live closely together |
mutualism | symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship |
commensalism | symbiotic relationship in which one member of the association benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
parasitism | symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organism (the host) and consequently harms it. |
ecological succesion | gradual change in living communities that follows a disturbance |
primary succession | succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists |
pioneer species | first species to populate an area during primary succession |
secondary succession | succession following a disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil |