Competition and Niche
The full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which they use those conditions.
Niche
The animals food. How they get their food. What other animals eat
them!
A animal’s NICHE includes:
What do they eat?
How do they get their food?
What PREDATOR do you think eats them?
Examples: Warbler Bird
One organism captures and feeds on
another organism. The organism that does the killing and
eating is the PREDATOR.
Predation
ANY NECESSITY IF LIFE! Water Food Light Area an animal lives in.
What is a Resource?
No two animals can have
the same niche in the same habitat at the same time.
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Symbiosis
A relationship in which TWO
species live closely together.
Symbiosis
Mutualism Commensalism Parasitism
3 Types of Symbiosis
Both species BENEFIT.
Example: Flower and Insect. Feeding and Pollination.
Mutualism
One animal BENEFITS and one is
not helped or harmed.
Example: Elephant and birds
Commensalism
One organism lives on or inside
the other and HARMS that organism.
Example: Fleas and Dogs
Parasitism
Fleas = PARASITE (causes HARM)Dog= HOST (is HARMED by the flea)
DOGS and FLEAS
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