57.1 Competition

Common resources

What are fought for by aphids and caterpillar? Answer with a single words or term.

Tough fibers

________ have been shown to be beneficial to humans.

Parasitoids

What are insects that lay their eggs? Answer with a single words or term.

Desiccation

________ became a real threat to both species.

Lethality

What is the probability that an interaction will cause the death of the host? Answer with a single words or term.

Ecologists

________ have found that in predator- prey studies.

Rabbits

________ feed on plants.

Predators

What are a powerful force in nature? Answer with a single words or term.

Competition

________ is expected between three of the six possible combinations: A and B; B and C; and C and D ..

Plants

________ have powerful chemicals in them, such as alkaloids, which may keep herbivore numbers low.

Connell

The upper rock face is more resistant to desiccation than the lower rock face. ________ used a procedure in the experiments.

Chinese liver fluke

The ________ has more complex life cycles that require multiple hosts.

AllHerbivory

________ involves the consumption of plant material or the material of animals that use displays to deceive potential predators about the same life- forms.

Rafflesia arnoldii

________ is being eaten by a second host.

Animals

________ use strategies to avoid being eaten.