8.5

Community Ecology and Biodiversity

AP Biology

Community Ecology and Biodiversity

Species interactions

Competition

Competitive exclusion principle

Resource partitioning

Ecological niche

Predation

Prey defenses

Predator adaptations

Mutualism

Parasitism

Community structure and biodiversity

Species diversity

Keystone species

Ecological succession

Primary succession

Secondary succession

Intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Island biogeography

Biodiversity and ecosystem function

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