Round 9: Tossup 1

Maximum overlaps of these entities are described in the limitation similarity theory. Seven models for the apportionment of these entities such as dominance decay and MacArthur fractions were ranked by Mutsunori Tokeshi to explain relative abundance distributions. G. Evelyn Hutchinson represented these entities as n-dimensional hypervolumes. Joseph H. Connell proposed “ghosts of competitions past and present” to explain these entities’ “differentiation.” That scientist also studied barnacle habitat ranges in describing (-5[1])the “fundamental” and “realized” types of these entities. The competitive exclusion rule that states two species (10[1])sharing identical ones of these entities cannot coexist. For 10 points, name these entities that describe how an organism matches its environmental factors. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: ecological niches [accept fundamental niches or realized niches; accept niche differentiation or niche apportionment or niche construction; prompt on n-dimensional hypervolumes until read; prompt on abundance distributions until read]
<AL, Biology> | Packet I - McGill B, UCLA A, Michigan B, Georgia Tech C, Southampton B
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%77.33
CanadaMain Site1100%100%109.00
FloridaMain Site3100%0%86.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site978%0%86.57
MidwestMain Site9100%22%85.67
NortheastMain Site6100%33%85.83
OverflowMain Site4100%0%82.75
South CentralMain Site2100%50%97.00
SoutheastMain Site7100%0%82.57
UKMain Site650%17%69.67
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site9100%0%76.00
Upstate NYMain Site4100%0%87.25