Ecology

•a distinct grouping of organisms characterized by their similar ecological roles or ways of making a living within an ecosystem.

• Family

• Genus

• Guild

• Taxon

Number of individuals per species

• Species Evenness

• Species Composition

• Species Richness

• Species Abundance

proportion of each species within the community relative to the total number of individuals

• Species Richness

• Species Abundance

• Relative Abundance

• Species Evenness

metric used in ecology used to estimate species diversity

• Shannon-Warren Index

• Simson Diversity Index

• Shannon-Weiner Index

• Relative Abundance

the collection of various organisms inhabiting a specific habitat or environment and their interactions with each other

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• Habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The change where in plants and animals replace eachother in an ecosystem

• Successibility

• Successive

• Succession

• Community Change

The first organisms to colonize in a successional sequence following a disturbance or the formation of a new geologic surface

• Primary succession

• Secondary Succession

• pioneer colonizers

• pioneer community

Change that occurs in an area that had previously been inhabited but experienced a disturbance

• Wildfire

• Disurbance

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

Communities' ability to withstand external changes without the ecosystem being significantly affected through loss of species and immigration of new species

• Tolerant model

• Resistant species

• Community Stability

• Climax Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Name the 3 mechanisms of ecological succession