In a food web, two different species can directly affect each other’s abundance via _ competition or may in fact have their abundance indirectly regulated by a higher trophic level, a phenomenon called ____ competition. a) Intraspecific, apparent b) Interspecific, apparent c) Intraspecific, apparent d) Apparent, interspecific

In a food web, two different species can directly affect each other’s abundance via _ competition or may in fact have their abundance indirectly regulated by a higher trophic level, a phenomenon called ____ competition. a) Intraspecific, apparent b) Interspecific, apparent c) Intraspecific, apparent d) Apparent, interspecific

BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)

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Chapter42: Ecosystems

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Problem 3SA: Organisms at the first trophic level ________. a. capture energy from a nonliving source b. are...

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