APES Relationships
Generalist Consumer
able to adapt and thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions (raccoons)
Camouflage
adaptation that allows animals to blend in with certain aspects of their environment
Coevolution
change in genetic composition of one species in response to a genetic change in another
Predator-Prey
exactly what it sounds like
Intraspecific Competition
members of the SAME species fight for the same limited resources
Neutralism
neither are affected (coexistence)
Parasitism
one benefits, one is harmed (leeches, lice, ticks, fleas)
Commensalism
one benefits, the other is not affected
Amensalism
one is hurt, the other one is not affected
Batesian Mimicry
one species evolves themselves to mimic a more threatening creature so they are not seen as bait (may harm the model, benefits mimic)
Symbiosis
relationship between 2 organisms in which different species have a cooperative or mutually dependent relationship (parasitism, commensalism, mutualism)
Interspecific Competition
two or more DIFFERENT species use the same resources, so they get less (watering hole in Africa)
Mullerian Mimicry
two or more poisonous species evolve to look alike and have common warning signals in order to deter predators (tag-team)