Exam 45: Community Ecology

MATCHING Matching.Choose the most appropriate answer for each. a.blending in and being hidden by the background b.where an organism is generally located in a community c.one organism benefits at another organism's expense d.traditionally a self-sustaining array of interacting organisms that is best suited for a particular environment e.lichens on newly hardened, newly cooled lava f.robins and human populations g.the yucca moth and the yucca h.one species is eliminated from an area of niche overlap i.tasty species resembles repugnant one j. the process that leads from a pioneer community to a mature community k.natural reforestation of burned-over forest -parasitism

Classification.Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. a.competition b.parasitoidism c.mutualism d.commensalism e.parasitism -All populations of all species in a habitat are a __________.

Which one of the following is the final consequence of one or more of the others?

Which of the following statements about kudzu is false?

Competitive exclusion is based on the idea that

Classification.Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. a.competition b.predation c.mutualism d.commensalism e.parasitism -In this interaction, one species benefits while the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

Many introduced species have deleterious effects on communities and ecosystems because

Classification.Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. a.competition b.parasitoidism c.mutualism d.commensalism e.parasitism -The interaction between two closely related species of woodpeckers that live in a temperate forest is likely to be this.

Species richness refers specifically to

Predators often avoid a mimic species because of

-Secondary succession is likely to occur in

Classification.Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. a.competition b.parasitoidism c.mutualism d.commensalism e.parasitism -Use the concept of coevolution to explain the abundance of large mammals in Africa after the rise of humans but their rapid demise in the Americas after the arrival of humans.

-The range of all factors that influence whether a species can obtain resources essential for survival and reproduction is its

Classification.Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. a.competition b.parasitoidism c.mutualism d.commensalism e.parasitism -Character displacement makes competing species less similar, which facilitates __________.

Which of the following is(are) true about predator-prey coevolution?

Classification.Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. a.competition b.predation c.mutualism d.commensalism e.parasitism -In this interaction, one individual or species is usually killed while the other benefits by eating it.

MATCHING Matching.Choose the most appropriate answer for each. a.blending in and being hidden by the background b.where an organism is generally located in a community c.one organism benefits at another organism's expense d.traditionally a self-sustaining array of interacting organisms that is best suited for a particular environment e.lichens on newly hardened, newly cooled lava f.robins and human populations g.the yucca moth and the yucca h.one species is eliminated from an area of niche overlap i.tasty species resembles repugnant one j. the process that leads from a pioneer community to a mature community k.natural reforestation of burned-over forest -competitive exclusion

Which of the following represents an early stage in primary succession?

Predators can switch to alternative prey when a prey species is low in abundance as is shown in

Classification.Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. a.competition b.parasitoidism c.mutualism d.commensalism e.parasitism -Explain why mutualism is sometimes viewed as 'reciprocal exploitation'.