Community Ecology Crossword Puzzle

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INVASIVE SPECIES : Organisms that become established outside of their native range.
MUTUALISM : Symbiosis where both species benefit.
COMPETITION : Two or more species that fight for a resource.
SECONDARY : This type of succession begins in an existing community which has been cleared by some disturbance leaving the soil intact.
SYMBIOSIS : Individuals of two or more species live in direct and intimate contact with one another.
DIVERSITY : The level variety of different kinds of organisms that make up the community.
HERBIVORE : An organism that eats a part of a plant or algae.
VECTOR : An intermediate species that transfers zoonotic pathogens.
NICHE : The sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources.
COMMUNITY : A group of populations of different species living close enough to interact.
KEYSTONE : Species that exert strong control on community structure by their niches.
FOOD CHAIN : The diagram or idea that shows the transfer of food energy up the trophic levels.
FACILITATION : One species has a positive effect on the survival and reproduction of another species without the intimate association of a symbiosis.
CRYPTIC COLORATION : A passive defense, camouflage against an organism's environment.
PATHOGENS : Disease-causing microorganisms, viruses, viroids, or prions.
PARASITISM : Feeding off or harming another organism to survive.
BIOMASS : The total mass of all individuals in a population.
PRIMARY : This type of succession begins in a virtually lifeless area where soil has not yet formed.
PREDATION : A predator kills and eats a prey.

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invasive species : organisms that become established outside of their native range.
mutualism : symbiosis where both species benefit.
competition : two or more species that fight for a resource.
secondary : this type of succession begins in an existing community which has been cleared by some disturbance leaving the soil intact.
symbiosis : individuals of two or more species live in direct and intimate contact with one another.
diversity : the level variety of different kinds of organisms that make up the community.
herbivore : an organism that eats a part of a plant or algae.
vector : an intermediate species that transfers zoonotic pathogens.
niche : the sum of a species' use of the biotic and abiotic resources.
community : a group of populations of different species living close enough to interact.
keystone : species that exert strong control on community structure by their niches.
food chain : the diagram or idea that shows the transfer of food energy up the trophic levels.
facilitation : one species has a positive effect on the survival and reproduction of another species without the intimate association of a symbiosis.
cryptic coloration : a passive defense, camouflage against an organism's environment.
pathogens : disease-causing microorganisms, viruses, viroids, or prions.
parasitism : feeding off or harming another organism to survive.
biomass : the total mass of all individuals in a population.
primary : this type of succession begins in a virtually lifeless area where soil has not yet formed.
predation : a predator kills and eats a prey.