(par 3. 8 ) Resource Competition
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ecology/Resource_Competition Contents 1 Population Growth 2 Competition Types 3 Modeling Interspecific Competition 4 Kin Competition 5 Competition Infocus 1. Population Growth The butterfly is an example of a species where we would use the age-specific life table A population is defined as a group of interbreeding organisms inhabiting the same region at the same time . In studying populations, demography, […]
(par 3. 7.6) Study sheds light on mass beachings
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/study-sheds-light-on-mass-beachings-1.1488284 March 18 2013 at 03:30pm Auckland – Whales that beach themselves in large groups are not all members of the same family, a study has found, undermining long-held assumptions about the cause of mass strandings. An international team of scientists studied 12 mass strandings in Australia and New Zealand to examine the theory that […]
(par 3. 7.5) Paratisism – from Animal and Plant Adaptations and Behaviours
Behavioural pattern Behavioural pattern describes an animal’s dominant way of life. Arboreal animals, for example, live in trees and nocturnal animals are active at night. Parasitic Parasitic organisms have a close relationship with another organism, which they use ultimately to extract food. The process generally harms the host, and may even kill it. Parasites can […]