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Biodiversity S 1.0
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Interspecies competition | In which individuals of different species compete for the same resource in an ecosystem |
| Symbiosis | Interaction between 2 species |
| Niche | a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament. |
| Variability | also refers to the extent to which these data points differ from each other. |
| Genus | a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, |
| Commensalism | an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm. |
| Species | is often defined as the largest group of organisms |
| Community | a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. |
| Ecosystem | a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
| Parasitism | is a relationship between two things in which one of them (the parasite) benefits from or lives off of the other, like fleas on your dog. |
| Population | all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country. |
| Biological diversity | means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part |
| Mutualism | the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being. |
| Resource partitioning | So, when species divide a niche to avoid competition for resources, it is called resource partitioning. |
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