Community Ecology Vocab Flashcard

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No two species can occupy the same niche.

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competitive exclusion

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An organism's environment is called its _________.

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habitat

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Specialist description:

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Adapted to a small range of environments.

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Species indicating ecosystem health

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Indicator species

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Ecological role of an organism in its environment.

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Niche

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Organisms that have moved to a location that does not naturally support them.

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Invasive species

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Differentiation of niches enabling coexistence of similar species in a community

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resource partitioning

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A habitat is ___________________.

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the place or kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

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An organism that makes its own food?

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Producer

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Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up...

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food web