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Chapter 54: Community Ecology54.1 Biological communities are composed of species that occur together. (Page 1162) http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/espv2/data/ecology/003/index.html Examine the following sections: Ecology/Communities/Introduction 4.48 Community Defined 4.49 Species Diversity 4.50 Habitat 4.51 Natural History Observations Concepts of Communities. (Page 1162) 54.2 Interactions among competing species shape ecological niches. (Page 1164) http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/espv2/data/ecology/003/index.html Examine the following sections: Ecology/Communities/Organization 4.57 Interactions 4.58 Species Interactions 4.59 Interactions 4.60 Competition 4.61 Resource Partitioning Fundamental and Realized Niches. (Page 1164) Gause and the Principle of Competitive Exclusion. (Page 1165) Resource Partitioning. (Page 1166) Detecting Interspecific Competition. (Page 1167) 54.3 Predation has ecological and evolutionary effects. (Page 1168) http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/espv2/data/ecology/003/index.html Examine the following sections: Ecology/Communities/Organization 4.62 Predation Predation and Prey Populations. (Page 1168) Plant Defenses Against Herbivores. (Page 1169) Animal Defenses Against Predators. (Page 1170) Mimicry. (Page 1171) 54.4 Species within a community interact in many ways. (Page 1172) http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/espv2/data/ecology/003/index.html Examine the following sections: Ecology/Communities/Organization 4.57 Interactions 4.58 Species Interactions 4.59 Interactions Coevolution and Symbiosis. (Page 1172) Commensalism. (Page 1173) Mutualism. (Page 1174) Parasitism. (Page 1175) Interactions Among Ecological Processes. (Page 1176) 54.5 Ecological succession may increase the species richness of communities. (Page 1178) http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/espv2/data/ecology/003/index.html Examine the following sections: Ecology/Communities/Succession 4.63 Introduction 4.64 Change 4.65 Climax Community 4.66 Succession 4.67 Nudation 4.68 Establishment 4.69 Species Turnover 4.70 Six Steps of Succession 4.71 Industrial Farming 4.72 Tall Grass Prairies Succession. (Page 1178) The Role of Disturbance. (Page 1180) |