11.1 Vocab: Community Interactions

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Final stable stage

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climax community

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Occurs in an area that has never been colonized

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primary succession

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Species that consumes another species

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predator

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A symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is unaffected.

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commensalism

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Species consumed

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prey

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First species to colonize an uncolonized area

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pioneer species

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Change in species numbers/types in a community over time

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ecological succession

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Species benefiting in a symbiotic relationship while harming another.

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parasite

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Occurs in a disturbed, previously inhabited area.

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secondary succession

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Occurs between members of the same species

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intraspecific competition