Can you name the Ecology Terms?

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the relative selection costs or benefits associated with a particular biological trait
an estimate of variation among means of samples drawn from a population
mycorrhizae in which the mycorrhizal fungus produces arbuscules (sites of exchange between plant and fungus), hyphae (fungal filaments), and vesicles (fungal energy storage organs
an association between a fungus and plant roote in which the fungus forms a mantle around roots and a netlike structure around root cells
long, thin filaments that form the basic structural unit of fungi
a mutualistic relationship between two species that is not required for the survival of the two species
tissue made up of the actively dividing cells responsible for plant growth
a defensive tactic in which prey reduce their individual probability of being eaten by occuring at very high densities
movement of an organism away from light
movement of an organism towards light
any organism that induces disease, a debilitating condition in their hosts
an insect whose larva consumes its host and kills it in the process
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an organism that lives in or on another organism, called the host, deriving benefits from it
interactions between individuals of different species that benefit both partners
one minus the significance level, alpha, which is generally 0.05
an interaction between species that enhances the fitness of the exploiting individual-the predator, the pathogen, etc.-while reducing the fitness of the exploited individual-the pr
a bush-shaped organ on an endomycorrhizal fungus that acts as a site of material exchange between the fungus and its host plant
cell growth in which all cell constituents, such as nitrogen, carbon, and DNA, increase at approximately the same rate.
a range of values within which the true population mean occurs with a particular probability called the level of confidence
storage organ in vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
nectar-secreting glands found on structures other than flowers, such as leaves
a mutualistic relationship in which species are so dependent upon the relationship that they cannot live in its absence
a heterotrophic organism that kills and eats other organisms for food
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ECOLOGY ch14&ch15 Quiz

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