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Type of ecology that is the study of how and why different species interact with each other in the same place and time and how they fit into the environment
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Species ___ is the number of species in a community, part of what determines species diversity
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Species ___ is the relative abundance of each species in a community, part of what determine species diversity
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Large non-isolated areas will have ___ species than small isolated areas as size and how isolated an area is are the two largest factors of species diversity
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Diversity in birds decreases with increasing ___
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A possible reason for the high diversity in low latitude regions is that the environment has been relatively ___ over the years, allowing time for speciation
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The role a species plays in the environment
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A ___ niche is all the possible conditions an resources a species could make use of
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A ___ niche is the resources and conditions a species actually makes use of
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When their is competition between species sometimes they will split the available resources resulting in ___
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When the niches of two species overlaps their is ___, resulting in extinction/extirpation or niche partitioning
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Evidence for interspecific competition in which a species population increases when a competitor is absent
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Evidence for interspecific competition where a species evolves to fit a broader niche when a competitor is absent
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Evidence for interspecific competition in which two species evolve away from each other where their ranges overlap to reduce competition
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An interspecific relationship in which both or all species benefit
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When a species lays its eggs in another's species nest to leech off their parental care, can also occur between members of the same species.
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Effect in which predators higher up on the food chain can influence those farther down when something happens to them
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Effect in which something happening at the bottom of the food chain can affect those further up such as bioaccumulation
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*Cuckoo egg shells were found to be ___ than their host species, part of their adaptations to ensure they hatch quicker
