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Community Ecology

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Chart ecological community interactions and answer questions about niche, defenses, trophic structure, and succession. This community ecology activity provides a general overview of the interactions that occur among organisms that share a habitat. Although it was written for an AP Biology class, the content is appropriate for any high-school ecology unit.

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ecological succession, ecology, food chains, food webs, niche, predators, trophic levels

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communities, ecological succession, food chain, food web, niche, predator, animal defenses, trophic levels, science
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9th - Higher Ed
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