animal/plants
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- crepuscular
- active ast dawn and dusk
- diurnal
- active during the day
- intraspecific relationships
- interaction with individuals from the same species
- obligate mutualistic
- e.g: lichen an algae and fungi that are obliged to live together for their mutual benefit
- circatidal
- tidal rhythms 12.4 hours
- mutualism
- both species benefit +/+
- arrhythmic
- no regular pattern
- entrainment
- the resetting of a biological clock on a regular basis forcing it to take up the period of the environment
- antibiosis
- one species is harmed one unaffected -/o
- circalunar
- monthly activity period 29 days
- home range
- the area the animal cover regularly in search of food or mates
- circadian
- daily activity period 24hours
- circamonthly
- monthly rhythms in plants
- exogenous rhythm
- controlled by external environmental stimuli
- zeitgeber
- the environmental agent that resets the biological clock e.g: change in light, temperature
- photoperiod
- the response in animals and plants to the length of the day and night
- territories
- an area that is marked or defended by an individual. other members of the same species are excluded from the area
- tropism
- movement towards or away form a stimulus coming from one direction - plants
- endogenous rhythm
- rhythm controlled by internal biological clock
- allelopathy
- secretion of poisonous substances to prevent growth of other plants
- nocturnal
- active during the night
- exploitation
- one species benefits the other is harmed or killed +/-
- circannual
- yearly rhythms 360days
- competition
- both species are harmed of killed -/-
- commemsalism
- one species benefits the other is unaffected +/o
- taxes
- movement of the whole organism
- kinesis
- a non-directional response to to a stimulus - animals
- interspecific relationships
- interactions with individulas from another species