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 * AP Biology**
 * Chapter 53 Guided Reading**

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 * 1) Define interspecific interactions.
 * 2) What is the relationship between interspecific competition and The Competitive Exclusion Principle?
 * 3) Contrast the following terms: ecological niche, fundamental niche, realized niche and resource partitioning.
 * 1) Give an example of character displacement.
 * 2) Define and give an example of the following physiological defense adaptations.
 * 3) Cryptic coloration
 * 4) Aposematic coloring
 * 5) Batesian Mimicry
 * 6) Müllerian mimicry
 * 7) Give an example of a plant defense against herbivory.
 * 8) Contrast the following terms:
 * 9) Endoparasites
 * 10) Ectoparasites
 * 11) Parasitoids
 * 12) Define and give two examples of mutualism.
 * 13) Define and give two examples of commensalism
 * 14) Is the evolution of Batesian mimicry an example of coevolution, support your answer?
 * 15) Provide an example that correctly uses the terms species diversity, species richness and relative abundance correctly.
 * 16) What is the difference between a food chain and a food web? Which provides a more “full” ecological picture and why?
 * 17) Write the terms and explain the two hypotheses that address the question as to why food chains are relatively short.
 * 18) How do you characterize the dominant species? How is this different from the keystone species?
 * 19) Compare and contrast the bottom-up model with the top-down model?
 * 20) What is the relationship between the term disturbance and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis?
 * 21) Compare and contrast primary and secondary succession.
 * 22) Define evapotranspiration.
 * 23) What is the Island Equilibrium Model and how does it help us better understand ecological changes?
 * 24) What is the integrated hypothesis and how does it relate to the individualistic hypothesis?