Editing Evolutionary Ecology (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Evolutionary Ecology''' — The study of how interactions between and within species, and between species and their environment, lead to evolutionary change.
* '''Adaptation''' — A trait that increases an organism's "Fitness" (survival and reproduction) in a specific environment.
* '''Co-evolution''' — When two species influence each other's evolution (e.g., a flower and its pollinator).
* '''The Red Queen Hypothesis''' — The idea that species must "Run as fast as they can" (evolve constantly) just to stay in the same place and avoid extinction.
* '''Life History Theory''' — The study of how organisms "Spend" their energy on growth, survival, and reproduction (e.g., having 1,000 eggs once, or 1 baby every year).
* '''r/K Selection''' — The theory that some species focus on "Quantity" (r-selected, like mice) while others focus on "Quality" (K-selected, like elephants).
* '''Niche Partitioning''' — When species evolve different traits to avoid competing for the same resource (e.g., birds eating from different parts of a tree).
* '''Evolutionary Arms Race''' — A cycle of escalating adaptations between two species, usually a predator and its prey (e.g., faster cheetahs lead to faster gazelles).
* '''Fitness Landscape''' — A visual model showing the "Peaks" (optimal traits) and "Valleys" (bad traits) of survival in an environment.
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