8.5: Community Ecology

In Topics 8.3 and 8.4 we discussed the dynamics of individual populations. Topic 8.5 begins to take a look at the bigger picture and covers interactions between these populations of different species.

Vocabulary:

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  1. Community
  2. Simpson's Diversity Index
  3. Species richness
  4. Relative abundance
  5. Interspecific competition
  6. Competitive exclusion
  7. Fundamental niche
  8. Realized niche
  9. Niche partitioning
  10. Predation
  11. Herbivory
  12. Trophic cascade
  13. Food web
  14. Parasitism
  15. Mutualism
  16. Commensalism

Resources:

Videos:

AP® Playground | Community Ecology

PoseKnows Biology | Community Ecology

Crash Course Biology | Community Ecology: Interspecies Interactions

Amoeba Sisters | Ecological Relationships

Bozeman Science | Communities