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Concepts
5 concepts
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ecosystem engineering
The modification of environments by organisms in ways that influence resource availability for other species, exemplified by beaver dam construction creating pond habitats.
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secondary cavity nesting
Bird species that utilize nest cavities created by other species rather than excavating their own
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invasive species establishment
The process by which non-native species become established and spread in new environments
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hemiparasitism
Parasitic plants that retain absorptive roots and are capable of carbon fixation through photosynthesis but still need to draw some of their resources from their hosts because they have low nutrient-u...
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competitive exclusion
Competition between fungal groups for limited plant photosynthate allocation
