(par 3. 7 ) Forms of predation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation CANNIBALISM & PREDATION Predation Contents • 1 Functional classification o 1.1 True predation o 1.2 Grazing o 1.3 Parasitism o 1.4 Parasitoidism • 2 Degree of specialization • 3 Trophic level • 4 Predation as competition • 5 Ecological role • 6 Adaptations and behavior o 6.1 Predator o 6.2 Antipredator adaptations 6.2.1 Aggression 6.2.2 Mobbing behavior 6.2.3 Advertising unprofitability 6.2.4 Terrain Fear Factor • 7 Population […]
(par 3. 7 ) Predation and Herbivory
Content 1 Introduction: Predation 2 Carnivory 3 Herbivory 1 Modeling Herbivory 4 Parasitism and Mutualism 5 Prey Defenses 6 Predation 1 Mimicry 1.1 Batesian Mimicry 1.2 Müllerian Mimicry 2 Plant Defenses 7 Predator-Prey Models 1. Introduction: Predation Ultimately, the source of energy for all life originates from the sun. Plants utilize the sun’s energy, animals eat plants and utilize the plants’ energy, and some animals eat other […]
(par 3. 7 ) Community & Interspecies Interactions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_(ecology) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Community ecology) “Ecological community” redirects here. For human community organized around economic and ecological sustainability, see ecovillage. Interspecific interactions such aspredation are a key aspect of community ecology. In ecology, a community or biocoenosis is an assemblage or associations ofpopulations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area and in a particular time. The term […]