Niches
Explore competitive exclusion, niche differentiation, resource partitioning, and character displacement, and discover how each process shapes the establishment of an ecological niche in this scrollable interactive.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- competitive exclusion
- niche differentiation
- resource partitioning
- character displacement
- fundamental niche
- realized niche
- physical environment
- temperature
- humidity
- habitat structure
- behavioral adaptation
- diet
- predator
- prey
- competitor
- niche
- overlapping niche
- adapt
- survival
- ecological role
- Galápagos Islands
- finches
- Geospiza fortis
- medium ground finch
- Geospiza fuliginosa
- small ground finch
- species
- softer seeds
- harder seeds
- interspecific competition
- evolutionary change
- natural selection
- ecosystem
- ecological niche