Dispersion Pattern
Clumped (Aggregated)

Uniform (Hyper-dispersed)

Random:

Net Reproductive Rate

Carrying Capacity

Semelparity

Iteroparity

Iteroparity (Continuous)

Somatic Function

Reproductive Function

R - Selected Species:

K Selected Species:

Population Regulating Factors:
Density - Independent Regulating Factors:

Density - dependent regulating factors

Inverse Density - Dependent Factors

Sample:

Population:

Exploitation

Mutulism

Commensalism

Competition

Symbiosis:

Herbivory:

Cryptic Coloration

Aposematic (Warning) coloration

Batesian Mimicry

Mullerian minicry

"Aggressive" Mimicry

Parasitoidism:

Coevolution

Allelopathic:

Interference (“contest”) competition

Resource (also called “exploitative” or “scramble”) competition

The Ecological Niche

Fundamental Niche

Realized (sometimes called actual) Niche

Competitive Exclusion Principle

Resource Partitioning

Character displacement:

Community

evapotranspiration

Net Primary Productivity

Primary Succession

Secondary Succession

Ecosystem Structure

Ecosystem Function

Ecosystem:

Primary Production

Gross Primary Productivity

Biogeochemical Cycles

Eutrophication

Nitrification:

Denitrification