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Bio Chapter 14

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habitat   the place where an organism usually lives  
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ecological niche   all of the physical, chemical, and biological factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce in an ecosystem  
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competitive exclusion   the exclusion of one species by another due to competition  
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ecological equivalent   organisms that share a similar niche but live in different geographical regions  
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competition   ecological relationship in which two organisms attempt to obtain the same resource  
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predation   an interaction between two organisms in which one organism, the predator, kills and feeds on the other organism, the prey  
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symbiosis   a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other  
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mutualism   a relationship between two species in which both species benefit  
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commensalism   a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected  
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parasitism   a relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed  
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population density   measure of individuals living in a defined area  
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population dispersion   way in which individuals of a population are spread out over an area or volume  
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survivorship curve   graph showing the surviving members of each age group of a population over time  
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immigration   the movement of an individual or a group to a new community or region  
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emigration   the movement of an individual or group out of its native area  
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exponential growth   logarithmic growth, or growth in which numbers increase by a certain factor in each successive time period  
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logistic growth   population growth that starts with a minimum numbers of individuals and reaches a maximum depending on the carrying capacity of the region; described by an S-shaped curve  
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carrying capacity   the largest population that an environment can support at any given time  
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population crash   dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time  
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limiting factor   environmental factor that limits the growth and size of a population  
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density-dependent limiting factor   environmental resistance that affects a population that has become overly crowded  
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density-independent limiting factor   environmental resistance that affects a population regardless of population density  
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succession   the replacement of one type of community by another at a single location over a period of time  
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primary succession   establishment and development of an ecosystem in an area that was previously uninhabited  
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pioneer species   a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established  
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secondary succession   reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem in an area where the soil was left intact  
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