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Batesian Mimicry - ANSWER Harmless organisms resemble poisonous or distasteful
organisms
Mullerian Mimicry - ANSWER Poisonous organisms resemble poisonous organisms
Functional Response - ANSWER The relationship between food density and an
individual's consumption rate
Trophic Cascade - ANSWER When predators in a food web suppress the abundance or
alter traits of their prey, thereby releasing the next lower trophic level from predation
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER An integrated approach of crop management
to solve ecological problems when applied in agriculture
Handling Time - ANSWER Is the time required to capture, subdue, and consume an
individual prey item
Community - ANSWER An assemblage of populations of living organisms in a
prescribed area or habitat that interact with one another, directly or indirectly
Ecosystem - ANSWER All the interacting parts of the physical and biological worlds
Association - ANSWER Group of species living in the same place
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, Guild - ANSWER Species in the same community utilizing resources in the same way,
often competitors
Phytosociology - ANSWER The study of the composition and structure of plant
communities
Indirect Mutualism - ANSWER A directly affects B. B directly affects C. So A indirectly
affects C and C indirectly affects A
Facilitation - ANSWER Occurs when one species changes the environment to be more
suitable for a second species (+,0)
Commensalism - ANSWER An interaction where one species benefits and the other is
unaffected (+,0)
Alpha Diversity - ANSWER Within-habitat diversity, number of species in local, small
areas of uniform habitat. Local
Beta Diversity - ANSWER Between habitat diversity, the variation in species
composition from one habitat to another within a region. Really a measure of variation in
diversity, not diversity direction
Gamma Diversity - ANSWER Regional diversity, number of species in a larger area of
interest across habitats or local areas. Regional
Top-Down - ANSWER Effects of increasing predators
Bottom-Up - ANSWER Effects of increasing resources
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Batesian Mimicry - ANSWER Harmless organisms resemble poisonous or distasteful
organisms
Mullerian Mimicry - ANSWER Poisonous organisms resemble poisonous organisms
Functional Response - ANSWER The relationship between food density and an
individual's consumption rate
Trophic Cascade - ANSWER When predators in a food web suppress the abundance or
alter traits of their prey, thereby releasing the next lower trophic level from predation
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER An integrated approach of crop management
to solve ecological problems when applied in agriculture
Handling Time - ANSWER Is the time required to capture, subdue, and consume an
individual prey item
Community - ANSWER An assemblage of populations of living organisms in a
prescribed area or habitat that interact with one another, directly or indirectly
Ecosystem - ANSWER All the interacting parts of the physical and biological worlds
Association - ANSWER Group of species living in the same place
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, Guild - ANSWER Species in the same community utilizing resources in the same way,
often competitors
Phytosociology - ANSWER The study of the composition and structure of plant
communities
Indirect Mutualism - ANSWER A directly affects B. B directly affects C. So A indirectly
affects C and C indirectly affects A
Facilitation - ANSWER Occurs when one species changes the environment to be more
suitable for a second species (+,0)
Commensalism - ANSWER An interaction where one species benefits and the other is
unaffected (+,0)
Alpha Diversity - ANSWER Within-habitat diversity, number of species in local, small
areas of uniform habitat. Local
Beta Diversity - ANSWER Between habitat diversity, the variation in species
composition from one habitat to another within a region. Really a measure of variation in
diversity, not diversity direction
Gamma Diversity - ANSWER Regional diversity, number of species in a larger area of
interest across habitats or local areas. Regional
Top-Down - ANSWER Effects of increasing predators
Bottom-Up - ANSWER Effects of increasing resources
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