The Four Tests of a Resource's Competitive Power Are Often

question 12

Multiple Choice

The four tests of a resource's competitive power are often referred to as the

• A)organizational capability metric analysis.
• B)SWOT analysis.
• C)competitive advantage sustainability test.
• D)SCIR test,which asks if a resource is sustainable,competitive,internalized,and reproducible.
• E)VRIN test,which asks if a resource is valuable,rare,inimitable,and nonsubstitutable.

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Definitions:

Keystone Species

A keystone species is an organism that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, influencing the types and numbers of other species.

Conserving

The act of preserving or protecting something from loss or damage.

Individualistic Model

A theory in ecology that suggests communities are a chance assemblage of species with similar abiotic requirements, rather than a tightly integrated unit.

Henry Gleason

An early 20th-century ecologist known for his individualistic concept of plant communities, challenging the notion of plant communities as superorganisms.