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BIOS 135 Week 8 Vocab
1. numerical response:
Answer Change in predator numbers asa result of a change in the number of prey.
2. predator satiation:
Answer Safety in numbers, prey can reduce individual probability of being eaten by living in dense populations.
3. community:
Answer Association of interacting species inhabiting some defined area.
4. community structure:
Answer Includes abundance of individuals,number of species (richness), relative species abundance(evenness), and species diversity.
5. guild:
Answer group of organisms that all make their living in a similar way.
6. species richness (species diversity):
Answer Number of species in a community.
7. species eveness (species diversity):
Answer Relative abundance of species.
8. rank abundance curves:
Answer Plot relative abundance of species against their rank in abundance. (greater species evenness indicated by lower slope)
9. species diversity:
Answer Incorporates both evenness and richness.
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