Key Terms in Ecosystems and Communities

abiotic,

behavioral defense,

biomass,

biome,

biotic,

carnivore,

character displacement,

climax community,

coevolution,

colonizer,

commensalism,

community,

competitive exclusion,

decomposer,

desert,

detritivore,

disperser,

ecosystem,

El Niño,

energy pyramid,

estuary,

eutrophication,

food chain,

food web,

fundamental niche,

habitat,

herbivore,

host,

keystone species,

La Niña,

mimicry,

mutualism,

niche,

omnivore,

parasite,

parasitism,

physical defense,

predation,

primary consumer,

primary productivity,

producer,

rain shadow,

realized niche,

resource partitioning,

savanna,

secondary consumer,

succession,

temperate grassland,

tertiary consumers,

topography,

trophic level,

tropical rain forest,

tropical seasonal forest,