ECOLOGY

SPECIALIST

• Can only thrive in a narrow range of environemtnal
• conditions or has a limited diet.
• A panda bear is a good example of a specialist
• because it only eats bamboo.

GENERALIST

• Can thrive in a wide variety of environment conditions
• and use a variety of resources.
• Humans are a good example of generalist because
• we can survive all over the world and eat almost
• anything.

CONFORMER

• Organisms whose internal conditions are controlled
• primarily by environmental conditions.
• A starfish is an example of a conformer because
• it is limited to marine water and its tissues have the
• same salinity as sea water.

REGULATOR

• Organisms that can regulate their internal
• environments in response to environmental changes.
• Horses are regulators because mammals are able
• to control their internal temperautes at a very
• constant level.

MUTUALISM

• Where both species involved benefit from the
• interaction.
• Clown fish and anemone are example of mutualism
• because the clown fish feed on potentially
• harmful invertebrates that live on the anemone.

PARASITISM

• Where on species benefits from harming
• but not killing the other species.
• Mosquitoes and humans show parasitism
• because the mosquito drinks the humans
• blood.

COMMENALISM

• Where one species benefits, but the other
• is unaffected by the interaction.
• A remora and a zebra shark represent
• commensalism because the remora is carried
• along by the shark and the shark is indifferent.

PREDATION

• When species get food by eating other
• organisms.
• The bear survives by hunting and capturing
• the fish for food.

COMPETITION

• It is when more than one organism uses
• a resource at the same time.
• Hyenas and lions both use the same hunting
• land and they fight over the animals in that
• space which makes them compete each other.