Chapter 24 Key Terms

• p. 533: ecology, communities, ecosystem, biomes
  
• p. 534: population, niche, population density, dispersion, randomly spaced, evenly spaced, clumped, biotic potential
  
• p. 535: r, emigration, immigration
  
• p. 536: forbs, quadrat sample
  
• p. 537: carrying capacity (K), sigmoid growth curve, density-dependent effects, density-independent effects
  
• p. 538: optimal yield, K strategists, r strategists
  
• p. 539: age distribution, generation time, survivorship, mortality
  
• p. 540: demography, stable population, population pyramid, cohort, interspecific competition, intraspecific competition, principle of competitive exclusion
  
• p. 544: neap tide, spring tide
  
• p. 545: predation, parasitism
  
• p. 546: coralline algae (singular, alga)
  
• p. 547: chestnut blight, myxomatosis
  
• p. 548: habitat, realized niche
  
• p. 549: fundamental niche