Exam 45: Community Ecology

Figure 45.15 -The photograph above of the aphid and the wasp is an example of ____.

Which of the following is NOT true of tropical communities?  

Four of the following statements are true of predator-prey coevolution.Which one is FALSE?  

An example of commensalism is a(n)____.  

Of the following four islands at the same latitude,which one likely possesses the fewest species?  

Which of the following does NOT apply to parasitoids?  

Each species occupies a certain ecological __________,characterized by its interactions with the physical and chemical features and the other species living in it.

Pioneer species are usually characterized by ____  

Which of the following represents an early stage in primary succession?  

The first species of a community are __________.

Choose the most appropriate answer for each. -Secondary succession

All of the populations of different species that occupy and are adapted to a given area are known as ____.  

Character displacement makes competing species less similar,which facilitates __________.

__________ are free-living and usually kill their prey.

Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of species interactions listed below. -Lampreys feeding on other fish is an example of this.

An interaction in which one species benefits and the second species is neither harmed nor benefited is known as ____.  

When a species lacking a defense mechanism looks like another well-defended species,it is called _____.  

Insects that lay eggs in or on another insect,called ____________,are often used in biological pest control.  

Figure 45.4 -The relationship between the sea anemone and a pink anemonefish shown above is ____

Which statement is NOT generally characteristic of parasites?