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AGUSTIN
Reporter
WHAT IS SPECIES?
• A set of individuals having the same
distinct characteristics and able to
mate and produce fertile offspring.
SPECIES DIVERSITY
• The number and variety of life forms present
in a biological community.
COCKROACH RAT
SPECIALIST SPECIES
Live in a narrow niche
They are able to live in one habitat, eat a
specific food, sensitive to changes in the
environment and usually produce new
offspring
EXAMPLES OF SPECIALIST
SPECIES
Pandas Flamingo
Types of Species Based on
Specific Ecological Niche
NATIVE SPECIES
Endemic or local
are organisms that can only be found in one
place and nowhere else
Examples:
Philippine Tamaraw
Philippine Tarsier
Philippine Bamboo Bat
NON-NATIVE SPECIES
exotic, invasive or alien
are species that migrates either accidentally or
deliberately introduced into a new ecosystem
Examples:
• Golden Apple Snail or Golden Kuhol
• Tilapia
EXAMPLES OF NON-NATIVE
Golden Kuhol Tilapia
KEYSTONE SPECIES
Exist only in limited numbers but their
effect on the environment is great.
They perform roles such as controlling
the population of other species by
eating sick and the old members
EXAMPLES OF KEYSTONE SPECIES
SHARK ALLIGATOR
FOUNDATION SPECIES
are organisms that helps create and
reshape habitats and ecosystems.
Ex. Beaver makes dams as a protected
area where it lives but the newly
formed habitat also house other
organisms such as birds, fish and insect