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ch 20.2
community ecology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| species richness | the number of species in a community |
| species evenness | the relative abundance of each species |
| species area effect | the idea that larger areas contain more species than smaller areas do. |
| disturbances | events that change,destroy,or alter resource availability in communities. |
| stability | the tendency of a community to maintain relatively constant conditions. |
| ecological succession | the gradual, sequencial regrowth of a community of soecies in an area. |
| primary succession | development of a community in an area that has not supported life previously. |
| secondary succession | sequencial replacement of species that follows disruption of a existing community. |
| pioneer species | a species that are small grow quickly and reproduce quickly. |
| climax community | a community at its stable endpoint |