Lesson 3: Species in the environmental complex
Lesson 3: Species in the environmental complex
Lesson 3: Species in the environmental complex
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What is a species?:<br />
The biological species concept<br />
• A group of natural populations that are morphologically, genetically, and<br />
ecologically similar.<br />
– This def<strong>in</strong>ition <strong>in</strong>volves<br />
• Appearance (morphology)<br />
• Breed<strong>in</strong>g behavior (genetics)<br />
• Habitat dist<strong>in</strong>ctiveness (ecology)<br />
• They may or may not be <strong>in</strong>terbreed<strong>in</strong>g, but <strong>the</strong>y are reproductively isolated<br />
from o<strong>the</strong>r species.