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biodiversity s. 1.0

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inter species competition   in ecology, is a form of competition in which individuals of different species compete for the same resource in an ecosystem  
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symbiosis   interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.  
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niche   a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament.  
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variability   There are four commonly used measures of variability: range, mean, variance and standard deviation.  
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genus   a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family  
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species   a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.  
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community   a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.  
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ecosystem   a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.  
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population   all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.  
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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  
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resource partitioning   when species divide a niche to avoid competition for resources, it is called resource partitioning.  
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