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Community Ecology , Community ecology is the study of the organization and functioning of communities of organisms. As populations of species interact with one another,… Allopatry , allopatry The occurrence of species or other taxa in different geographical regions. Subspecies are allopatric by definition. Compare SYMPATRY.
allop… Indifferent Species , indifferent species A species with no real affinity for any particular community, but which is not rare (as an accidental species would be). It is fi… Niche , In geophysical and ecological terms, a niche designates the relationship between a species and its area of inhabitation. The term is specifically use… preferential species , preferential species In phytosociology, a species that is present with varying abundance in several communities, but is especially abundant and vigor… Keystone Species , All ecosystems on Earth are formed of a delicate balance of species. When an ecosystem is at equilibrium , the relative numbers of organisms within e…
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