Niche Partitioning

What are some strategies used by species to avoid competition?

• Mutualism and symbiosis.

• Predation and parasitism.

• Territoriality and aggression.

• Niche partitioning

Answer explanation

Species use niche partitioning as a strategy to avoid competition. This involves dividing resources and habitats to reduce direct competition.

Zebras eating grass before wildebeest and gazelles eat the same species of grass is an example of...

• Spacial Niche Partitioning

• Dietary Niche Partitioning

• Resource Partitioning by Height

• Resource Partitioning by Time

Answer explanation

Zebras eating grass before wildebeest and gazelles is an example of resource partitioning by time, where different species use the same resource at different times to avoid competition.

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Why is niche partitioning important for promoting biodiversity?

• Niche partitioning increases competition and reduces coexistence of different species.

• Niche partitioning reduces competition and promotes coexistence of different species.

• Niche partitioning has no effect on biodiversity.

• Niche partitioning only benefits a single species and not the overall ecosystem.

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Species partition, or divide resources used in common by specializing in different ways

• mutualism

• commensalism

• resource partitioning

• tolerance

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An organisms use of resources and its role in a community

• Niche

• Tolerance

• Resource Partitioning

• Predation

• Coevolution

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What is resource partitioning?

• When similar species settle into separate niches to coexist

• When species share the same resources equally

• When species compete for the same resources

• When one species eliminates another

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Who discovered resource partitioning among warblers?

• E. O. Wilson

• Charles Darwin

• G. F. Gause

• Robert MacArthur

What did Robert MacArthur study to discover resource partitioning?

• Finches

• Warblers

• Sharks

• Protists

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What is character displacement?

• When species share resources equally

• When traits that minimize competition are selected for

• When species become more similar over time

• When species eliminate each other

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Which of the following is an example of niche partitioning in a forest ecosystem?

• Different bird species feeding at different heights of the same tree

• All bird species feeding on the same insects

• Birds migrating to different forests

• Birds and mammals sharing the same food source

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