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Dominant species

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noun

The species that predominates in an ecological community, particularly when they are most numerous or form the bulk of the biomass.


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Examples:

  • In wet woodland in western Europe, the dominant tree is alder (Alnus glutinosa).
  • Some sea floor communities are dominated by brittle stars.
  • Tidal swamps in the tropics are usually dominated by species of mangrove (Rhizophoraceae).

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Re: humans the coordinating species?

What exactly do you mean by "coordinating species" ? Your question doesn't quite make sense. We're definitely not the most coordinated species. Ever seen termites and ants at work? We are the dominant species. There's not much on Earth that regularly preys on humans and there's ...

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by rosalin
Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:07 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: humans the coordinating species?
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Views: 135

The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

Eventually the new traits introduced by the first Bird1.0 will become dominant in a new population of Bird1.1 you have already said bird 1.0 is not the new species of bird so you are on an infinite regress what is next bird 1.100000000001 so is ...

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by gamila
Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:18 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
Replies: 120
Views: 2138

Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

and i said you are not answering the question- which is about the first species of bird not something that is not a new species but deans point is ... Eventually the new traits introduced by the first Bird1.0 will become dominant in a new population of Bird1.1. At this point either the parent ...

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by AstusAleator
Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:16 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
Replies: 120
Views: 2138

The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... gamete type. You can see even in today's world that there are many species that can reproduce both sexually and asexually, and there are also ... the species were so closely related. The bird gene turned out to be dominant, so all the chicks of the bird+reptilebird became birds and voilá! ...

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by biohazard
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:52 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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Re: Speciation among primates and hominids

... knows for sure? I think it goes back to gamila's issue also--what is a species? Theoretically, couldn't a chimp and another ape cross breed and ... that would ensue in order to produce a new order. If one mutates with a dominant trait, then the recessive trait will still show in the offspring, ...

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by AFJ
Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:42 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Speciation among primates and hominids
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