10 Questions
Resistance, resilience, and functional stability are three different concepts related to stability in communities.
True
In community ecology, a community is defined as a group of single-species populations that interact directly or indirectly.
False
Closed community boundaries are associated with the individualistic community concept.
False
The relationship between diversity and stability of species composition in communities is always a cause-effect relationship.
False
The stability of function and diversity in communities are completely unrelated concepts.
False
Substitution by functional analogues is not a mechanism for stability of function in communities.
False
Keystone species are those that have minimal impact on the community's functionality.
False
The superorganism and individualistic community concepts have no contrasting features.
False
Ecotones are now mostly recognized as closed community boundaries.
False
Zonation occurs along a biological gradient in communities.
False
Explore the hypothetical relationships between diversity and ecological processes, focusing on the Functional Stability Hypothesis. Consider the evidence for diversity versus stability in ecosystems, with examples such as the Tilman 2006 grassland experiment.
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