ch 19 Flashcards

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coevolution

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strictly, the joint evolution of two (or more) ecologically interacting species, each of which evolves in response to selection imposed by the other. sometimes used loosely to refer to evolution of one species caused by its interaction with another, or simply to a history of joint divergence of ecologically associated species

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competitive exclusion principle

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theoretical assertion that one of two ecologically identical species will eventually replace the other

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ecological character displacement

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evolutionary process of accentuation of differences between sympatric populations of two species as a result of the reproductive or ecological interactions between them

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ecological release

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expansion of a population’s niche where competition with other species is alleviated

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