1. Community Ecology & Interspecific Interactions
Chapter 53
Community Ecology
&
Interspecific Interactions

2. Species Interactions
Intraspecific
Interspecific

3. Interspecific Interactions
Competition
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Fundamental niches vs. realized niche

4. Interspecific Interactions
Predator-Prey Relationships
Cryptic Coloration
Aposematic Coloration
Batesian Mimicry
Müllerian Mimicry

5. Interspecific Interactions
Herbivory
Mechanical Defenses
Secondary Compounds

6. Interspecific Interactions
Parasitism & Disease
Mutualism
Commensalism

7. Interspecific Interactions

8. Interspecific Interactions
Trophic Levels

9. Interspecific Interactions
Dominant Species
Keystone Species
Foundation Species

10. Community Ecology Disturbance & Succession Primary Succesion
Secondary Succession