Keystone species-many others depend on it
Indicator species-signal health of a system
Succession: one species takes over another in time
Primary succession: From bare rock, no soil: (e.g. lichen)
Secondary succession: from disturbed area with soil (e.g. after a fire)
Pioneer species: arrives first, sets up reliable system
Aquatic succession: from stream to pond to shallow pond to marsh
Island biogeography (like here in Waimea): habitat size AND distance from others influences diversity (e.g. birds)
Check out an alternate presentation of these in chapters 4 and 5 of the Withgott text:
http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/withgott/withgott_5e/withgott-5e-4-6.pdf
Frog book chapter 5:
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