Chapter 41

The type of place where a species typically lives is called its a. niche b. habitat c. community d. population

Which cannot be a symbiosis? a. mutualism b. parasitism c. commensalism d. interspecific competition

Lizards that eat flies they capture on the ground and birds that eat flies they catch in the air are engaged in ___________ competition. a. exploitative b. interterence

_____________ can lead to resource partitioning. a. Mutualism b. Parasitism c. Commensalism d. Interspecific competition

Match the terms with the most suitable descriptions. a. one free-living species kills and eats another b. two species interact and both benefit by the interaction c. two species interact and one benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed d. one species feeds on another but usually does not kill it e. two species access the same resource mutualism parasitism commensalism predation interspecific competition

A tick is a(n) __________ a. brood parasite b. ectoparasite c. endoparasite

______________ species are the first to colonize a new habitat. a. Pioncer b. Endemic c. Climax d. Exotic

By the currently favored hypothesis, species richness of a community is greatest when disturbances are of a(n) ____________ intensity and frequency. a. low b. intermediate c. high d. variable

Growth of a forest in an abandoned corn ficld is an example of ____________ a. primary succession b, resource partitioning c. secondary succession d. competitive exclusion

Species richness is greatest in communities a. near the equator b. in temperate regions c. near the poles d. at high elevations

A(n)____________ has another species rear its young. a. mutualist b. pioneer species c. brood parasite d. exotic species

Herbivory benefits _________ a. the herbivore b. the plant \(c,\) both a and \(b\) d. neither a nor b

Match the terms with the most suitable descriptions. a. greatly affects other species b. species that lives only where it evolved c. more species on large islands than small ones at same distance from the source of colonists d. species that is especially sensitive to changes in the environment e. allows competitors to coexist f. often outcompete, displace native species of established community area effect endemic species indicator species keystone species exotic species resource partitioning