Under which relationship between the isoclines of the two competing species would the eventual result be a stable equilibrium?
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K species
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Species that grow slowly and then stabilize at the carrying capacity
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hyperbolic relationship
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Rate of change (dN/dt) as population size increases is a _________
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negative
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If N>K, then what is the sign for dN/dt?
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carrying capacity
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The K in the term K-strategist refers to ________
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higher resource use efficiency, per capita
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Competitive exclusion could occur when one species has a _________________ or when the _________ effect of one species is significantly greater than that of the other
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direct competition
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A strangler fig is a species that germinates upon another tree. Then it grows and eventually completely smothers the other tree and takes its space in the forest.
Resource shifting, such as _________ of resources, changes in _________, ____________ over space, and long-term _________, can change competitive outcomes
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logistic
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Time dynamical relationship is a ___________ relationship
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allee effect
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The phenomena where a moderate size population is required for a positive r (b-d)
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character displacement
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One anolis species lived on an island surviving on ants. A small number of this anolis species drifted on a log onto another island with only a few ants that were either a small ant species or a large ant species. Over 20 generations, the anolis species diverged into a smaller and a larger species. What is this a case of?
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temperature, salinity, pH
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Non resource environmental variation such as _________, _______, and ______ can change competitive outcomes
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competition
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Negative negative relationship
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Lotka-Volterra model
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Based on the Pearl-Reed differential logistic equation
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competitive exclusion
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Two species using the same resource resulting in one going extinct
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realized niche
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The actual resource space that a species occupies, which is usually smaller than the fundamental niche
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K2, K2/beta
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The endpoints for the nullcline will be N2=_______ and N1=______
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indirect
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Competition through a shared resource
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long lived, competitive, strong, low, slow, stable
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K selected species will be ______, ______, have _______ parental care, a ______ number of offspring, _______ individual growth rate, and a _______ population size
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commensalism
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Positive no effect relationships
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selected
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Based on the Pearl and Reed approx. it is unlikely to be __________ for both r and K
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amensalism
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Negative no effect relationships
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diffuse
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Competition where many species are involved in the interaction
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direct
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Competition with contest among individuals (physical fighting)
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coexistence
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Type of competition where two species coexist, but one is favored over the other.
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spatial, temporal, behavioral
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Niche partitioning can be _________, _________, or ________
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both species go extinct
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When N1 and N2=0
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intraspecific
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Competition among individuals within one species
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short lived, vulnerable, little, large, fast, variable
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r selected species will be __________, _________, have _________ parental care, a ____ number of offspring, ______ individual growth rate and ________ population size
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interspecific
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Negative interactions between two species
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species 2 "wins"
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Two birds species compete in the forest for the same seeds. If alpha=.85 and beta=.15, then ____________
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lowest tolerance, multiple resources
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With resource ratio, the species with the _________ is the winner. Species can coexist if ___________ are considered
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species 2 excludes species 1
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When N1=0 and N2=K2
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resource preemption
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One species gets the resources before the other species can get them.
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fundamental niche
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The range of resources needed and environmental tolerances under which a species can survive and reproduce
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apparent
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Indirect competition in which intermediate is another species
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coexistence
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When N1=K1-alphaN2 and N2=K2-betaN1
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mutualism
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Positive positive relationships
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resource ratio
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One species reduces the resources below the tolerance of another species.
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r species
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Species that grow quickly and overshoot their carrying capacity and then crash back down well below their carrying capacity
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amensalism
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What would best describe the interaction between the red tide and the death of fish in the Chesapeake bay?
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character displacement
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Where a single lineage origin differentiates into different characteristics to fill different niches