20 Terms
Contributors in Ecology
Ecology
polyculture
Biology; Ecology
The planting and growing of more than one species together, as natural world does it. Different from Monoculture.
bergmann’s rule
Biology; Ecology
Warm-blooded animals in cold climates tend to be larger than animals of the same species living in warm climates.
gap dynamics
Biology; Ecology
The ecological effect of a canopy gap opened when a tree dies or is otherwise removed from a section of forest.
fundamental niche
Biology; Ecology
For a given species, the ideal range of suitable conditions without competition or predators. See Realized Niche.
