Which of the following are stages in the process of primary succession? Select all that apply.   Pioneer species colonize the habitat and help build the soil.   Shrubby species take root and overgrow the pioneer species.   The initial habitat has no soil and lacks multicellular organisms.   A disturbance removes the natural array of species but leaves the soil in place.   After the buildup of organic matter and nutrients from generations of pioneer and shrubby species, tall trees establish in the habitat.   2)Which of the following is a species interaction that benefits one species and neither helps nor harms the other?   Herbivory   Commensalism   Competition   Mutualism   3)Which of the following is a process whereby two species compete for a limiting resource and one drives the other to local extinction?   Character displacement   Resource partitioning   Competitive exclusion   4)Which of the following best describes predation?   A process in which an animal feeds on plants or plant parts   A process in which one species captures, kills, and eats another   A relationship in which one species withdraws nutrients from another species without immediately killing it   5)Which of the following best describes a pioneer species?   A species found in the region where it evolved and nowhere else   A species that can colonize a new habitat   A species whose presence and abundance in a community provide information about conditions in the community   A species that has a disproportionately large effect on community structure relative to its abundance

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1)Which of the following are stages in the process of primary succession? Select all that apply.

 
Pioneer species colonize the habitat and help build the soil.
 
Shrubby species take root and overgrow the pioneer species.
 
The initial habitat has no soil and lacks multicellular organisms.
 
A disturbance removes the natural array of species but leaves the soil in place.
 
After the buildup of organic matter and nutrients from generations of pioneer and shrubby species, tall trees establish in the habitat.
 
2)Which of the following is a species interaction that benefits one species and neither helps nor harms the other?
 
Herbivory
 
Commensalism
 
Competition
 
Mutualism
 
3)Which of the following is a process whereby two species compete for a limiting resource and one drives the other to local extinction?
 
Character displacement
 
Resource partitioning
 
Competitive exclusion
 
4)Which of the following best describes predation?
 
A process in which an animal feeds on plants or plant parts
 
A process in which one species captures, kills, and eats another
 
A relationship in which one species withdraws nutrients from another species without immediately killing it
 
5)Which of the following best describes a pioneer species?
 
A species found in the region where it evolved and nowhere else
 
A species that can colonize a new habitat
 
A species whose presence and abundance in a community provide information about conditions in the community
 
A species that has a disproportionately large effect on community structure relative to its abundance
 
 
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