Community Ecology

It helps us understand how organisms interact and depend on each other.

It only focuses on individual organisms, not communities.

It is mainly about the physical environment, not living things.

It is not relevant to environmental science.

Has a narrow tolerance and thrives in constant habitats

Has a wide tolerance and adapts to changing habitats

Can survive in many different environments

Is always a predator

Coyote and crow

Panda and lynx

Koala and raccoon

Panda and coyote

Competition between members of the same species for resources

Competition between members of different species for resources

Competition between plants for sunlight

Competition between predators for prey

Two species can occupy the exact same niche at the same time.

Resource partitioning allows species to coexist by dividing resources.

Competitive exclusion principle states that one species will outcompete another if they occupy the same niche.

Resource partitioning leads to extinction of one species.