Question

magine that a scientist takes a group of Anolis lizards and introduces them into an enclosure at a research facility in continental South America. He notes that the lizards thrive in this new environment. The fact that Anolis lizards could survive in habitats outside of the Caribbean is a reflection of their ____ niche; their _____ niche is determined by their ability to disperse to other areas as well as predation and resource availability.

Answer 1

Answer: Fundamental, realized

Explanation:

The realized niche of a species is usually the result of predation, competition, and other types of interaction between species.

The size of realized niche is determined by interspecific competition .The fundamental niche is larger than the realized niche.

The fundamental niche represents all the habitats where a species could possibly live, but competition among different species usually restricts a species to a smaller area, which is the realized niche