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6. 'When the parasite benefits from the host, with there being neutral effects on the host'.
- commensalism
- mutualism
- parasitism
- phoresis
7. 'When an organism is the first to inhabit an area or exploit a particular resource, it competitively excludes others from doing the same'.
- preemption competition
- competitive release
- overgrowth competition
- encounter competition
8. 'An organism can expand it's niche in response to removal of a competitor, or through invasion into new areas'.
- Disruptive selection
- Competitive release
- Territorial competition
- Realised niche
9. 'The non-territorial exclusion of an organism from an area e.g. scavengers fighting over a carcass'.
- Consumption competition
- Encounter competition
- Preemption competition
- Territorial competition
10. 'When resources are shared more evenly by all organisms in a population, resulting in reduced fitness for all individuals.'
- Self-thinning rule
- Scramble competition
- Contest competition
- Exploitation
11. Gause's law of competitive exclusion states that....
- A competing species will always exclude another from the same habitat.
- Two species living in the same area will have reduced fitness due to competition.
- two species with the the same ecological niche cannot survive coexist in an area.
- A species which experiences high intraspecific competition will not survive.