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Compounds used by plants to defend themselves against herbivores.
secondary
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Essential oils such as latex, used by plants for defence.
terpenoids
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Aromatic compounds used by plants for defence.
phenolics
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The process by which animal species predate on autotrophs.
herbivory
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The predator hunting tactic which involves sitting and waiting for prey to come by, before striking.
ambush
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The process of following prey, before catching it and handling it for a relatively short time.
pursuit
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A type of inhibitor compound which is present in plants in high amounts, and is effective against a large number of herbivores.
Quantitative
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The Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis relates to what type of interaction, suggested to affect the reproductive success of males?
parasitism
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Temperature is an example of an ............ factor.
abiotic
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A type of factor which involves the genetics of an organism changing their phenotypic characteristics.
intrinsic
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A well-known model which illustrates the cyclic nature of predator/prey populations.
Lotka Volterra
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In Krebs' study on Canadian lynx and Snowshoe hare, an increase in this factor caused a 3x population increase.
food
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A type of parasite which lives within the host organism.
ectoparasite
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A type of parasite which lives on the host organism.
endoparasite
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A host type on which the organism will not reach sexual maturity or reproduce.
Intermediate
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A host type on which an organism does reproduce.
definitive
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Essential oils such as latex, used by plants for defence.

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The process by which animal species predate on autotrophs.

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The predator hunting tactic which involves sitting and waiting for prey to come by, before striking.

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