51. Community Ecology

Which statement is an example of commensalism?

Under which of the following circumstances would interspecific competition be most obvious?

The niche of an animal is __________.

When goats were introduced to an island off the California coast, the goats inhabited the same areas and ate the same plants as the native deer. The deer population dwindled and finally disappeared. This is an example of __________.

Flounder is a type of fish that looks like the seafloor. This is an example of __________.

The flower fly resembles a honeybee, but the flower fly has no stinger. This is an example of what natural phenomenon?