Download 6.4 Reading Guide "Community Ecology"

AP Environmental Science
Ms. Newsome
Pages: 161 - 166
Name ____________________________
Date _______________
6.4 Reading Guide
"Community Ecology"
Due: Tuesday February
14 
Key Terms:
Community ecology
Symbiotic relationship
Competition
Competitive exclusion principle
Resource partitioning
Predation
Parasitoids
Parasitism
Pathogen
Herbivores
Mutualism
Commensalism
Keystone species
Ecosystem engineers
1. What is the difference between competitive exclusion and resource partitioning? Which one is likely to be
associated with a full niche overlap? A partial niche overlap?
2. Give an example of each type of resource partitioning
a.
Temporal –
b. Spatial –
c. Morphological -
3. Fill in the following chart for species relationships
Relationship
Commensalism
Competition
Herbivores
Keystone Specie
Mutualism
Parasites
Parasitoids
True predators
Description
Specific Example
+/+, +/-, +/0
4. Describe mutualism and give three examples.
5. Describe Communalism and give three examples.
6. Describe predator-mediated competition and give an example.
7. List some reasons why a keystone species is important to a community.
Most Important: (Your own words – Write at least one complete sentence summarizing what you think is the most important part of this module that you
should carry with you and why it is important. If there is more than one, then write them all!)