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Community Ecology
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Community interactions: Community Ecology
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Community interactions: –Competition –Predation –Herbivory –Parasitism –Disease –Mutualism –Commensalism –Coevolution Community Ecology
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Community interactions: –Competition –Predation –Herbivory –Parasitism –Disease –Mutualism –Commensalism –Coevolution Community Ecology -/- +/- +/+ +/0
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Predation and coloration: Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Aposematic coloration Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Aposematic coloration Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Batesian mimicry Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Batesian mimicry monarch viceroy Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Batesian mimicry poison harmless monarch viceroy Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Müllerian mimicry Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Müllerian mimicry Iraqi American Community Ecology
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Predation and coloration: Müllerian mimicry I’m a soldier. Don’t mess with me. Community Ecology
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Community structure: Species diversity Community Ecology
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Community structure: Species diversity How many species are in a community? Community Ecology
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Community structure: Trophic structure Who eats whom? Community Ecology
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Community structure: Community Ecology Primary producers
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Community structure: Community Ecology Primary producers Primary consumers
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Community structure: Community Ecology Primary producers Secondary consumers Primary consumers
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Community structure: Tertiary consumers Community Ecology Primary producers Secondary consumers Primary consumers
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Community structure: Quaternary consumers Tertiary consumers Community Ecology Primary producers Secondary consumers Primary consumers
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Community structure: Energetic hypothesis: Length of a food chain is limited by inefficiency of energy transfer Community Ecology
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Community structure: Energetic hypothesis: Length of a food chain is limited by inefficiency of energy transfer Dynamic stability hypothesis: Long food chains are less stable than short food chains. Community Ecology
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Community structure: Energetic hypothesis: Length of a food chain is limited by inefficiency of energy transfer Dynamic stability hypothesis: Long food chains are less stable than short food chains. Community Ecology
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Community structure: Species with a large impact Community Ecology
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Community structure: Species with a large impact Dominant Keystone Foundation Community Ecology
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Community structure: Species with a large impact Dominant – most abundant Keystone – disproportionate impact Foundation – ecosystem engineers Community Ecology
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Community structure: Bottom-up vs. top-down controls Community Ecology
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Community structure: Bottom-up vs. top-down controls Predators depend on prey vs. Predators control prey Community Ecology
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Community structure: Disturbance Community Ecology
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Community structure: Disturbance May be the norm Community Ecology
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Community structure: Disturbance Moderate disturbance may foster increased diversity Community Ecology
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Community structure: Disturbance Human disturbance can be too high or sometimes too low. Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: Primary – starting with bare rock Secondary – starting with soil Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: autotrophic prokaryotes Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: autotrophic prokaryotes lichens and mosses Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: autotrophic prokaryotes lichens and mosses annuals Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: autotrophic prokaryotes lichens and mosses annuals perennials Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: autotrophic prokaryotes lichens and mosses annuals perennials trees Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: Pioneer species Climax species Community Ecology
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Ecological Succession: Pioneer species Facilitate later species Climax species Inhibit later species Community Ecology
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology evapotranspiration sunlight + temp + water richness
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology evapotranspiration sunlight + temp + water richness
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology evapotranspiration sunlight + temp + water richness
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology richnessimmigration extinction
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology richnessimmigration extinction
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology richnessimmigration extinction equilibrium number
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology richness small island immigration extinction
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology richness large island immigration extinction
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology richness far from the mainland immigration extinction
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Species Richness (Biodiversity): Community Ecology richness close to the mainland immigration extinction
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Continuing Debate: Community Ecology
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Continuing Debate: integrated vs. individualistic Community Ecology
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Continuing Debate: integrated vs. individualistic rivet vs. redundancy Community Ecology
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Continuing Debate: integrated vs. individualistic rivet vs. redundancy Community Ecology
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Continuing Debate: integrated vs. individualistic rivet vs. redundancy Community Ecology.
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