2. Contrast the following terms: ecological niche, fundamental niche, realized niche and resource partitioning.

3. Give an example of character displacement.

4. Define and give an example of the following physiological defense adaptations.
a. Cryptic coloration

b. Aposematic coloring

c. Batesian Mimicry

d. Müllerian mimicry

5. Give an example of a plant defense against herbivory.

6. Contrast the following terms:
a. Endoparasites

b. Ectoparasites

c. Parasitoids

7. Define and give one example of mutualism, commensalisms, and parasitism.

8. Is the evolution of Batesian mimicry an example of coevolution, support your answer?

9. What is the difference between a food chain and a food web? Which provides a more “full” ecological picture and why? Which way do the arrows point in a food web?

10. How do you characterize the dominant species? How is this different from the keystone species?

11. Compare and contrast the bottom-up model with the top-down model?

12. Compare and contrast primary and secondary succession.

13. What is the Island Equilibrium Model and how does it help us better understand ecological changes?

14. What is the integrated hypothesis and how does it relate to the individualistic hypothesis?