Across
- 1. a search image hypothesis, predators more efficient at hunting if they focus on a single stimulus associated with one prey item
- 3. value of the next best alternative that is foregone when a choice is made
- 5. costs of being a generalist
- 7. occurs when a trait with adaptive benefits can also have maladaptive effects
- 9. genetic changes that occur by chance rather than by natural selection
- 11. diversification of plant-feeding insects driven by the sheer diversity of niches associated with plants, allowing for multiple rounds of host switching
- 14. speciation is thought to be driven by specialized populations from a generalist ancestor, with episodic host-breadth expansions
- 15. aka realized niche, the fundamental niche after considering interactions with other species
Down
- 2. referes to the ability of an individual to adjust their behaviour, skills, and responses
- 4. all of the abiotic and biotic environmental requirements for a species to persist
- 6. ecological generalism comes at the expense of less intense exploitation of specific resources; this tradeoff will promote the evolution of specialization
- 8. thrive in a wide range of environmental conditions, exhibiting significantly lower rates of speciation
- 10. finite amount of resources available for investment in various functions
- 12. narrower environmental tolerances or resource requirements
- 13. aka fundamental niche, all the environmental requirements for an organism to survive and reproduce