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Ecosystems and Species Interaction Study
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1. What is mutualism?
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2. What is commensalism?
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3. What is parasitism?
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4. What is coevolution?
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5. What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?
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6. What is resilience in the context of ecosystem succession?
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7. What is resource partitioning?
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8. What is competition between organisms?
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a. What would organisms compete for?
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9. How is population size controlled in an environment?
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10. Give an example of primary succession and an example of secondary
succession.
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