Communities and Guilds: Describe the ecological concepts of community and guild.

Question 1. Communities and Guilds (25 points) Describe the ecological concepts of community and guild. Include in your answer: a. the definitions of the terms guild, niche, keystone species, and key ecological function b. the definitions of a biological community and the opinions that communities are simply overlapping species that can survive in a particular habitat or that communities are superorganisms, the coherence of which is dependent on species interactions c. an explanation of how guilds may include unrelated plants and animals d. how competition has been reduced between members of sympatric populations belonging to the same guild

 

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