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Biotic factors |
Biological influence on organisms with in an ecosystem |
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Abiotic factor |
Physical, or nonliving factors that shape ecosystems |
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Habitat |
Area where an organism lives |
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Niche |
The full range of physical and biological conditions in which organisms live and the way in which the organisms uses those conditions |
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Resource |
Any necessity of life; water, nutrients, light, food, and space |
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Competitive exclusion principle |
A fundamental rule in ecology, states that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time |
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Predation |
Interaction in which one organism captures and feed on another organism |
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Symbiosis |
Any relationship in which two species live closely together |
Dog and cat |
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Mutualism |
Both species benefit from the relationship |
Ticks on a rhino or hippo |
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Commensalism |
One member of the association benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
Barnacles on a whale |
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Parasitism |
One organism lives l. Or inside another organism and harms it |
Ringworm on a dog |
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Ecological succession |
Series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time |
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Primary succession |
On land succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists |
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Pioneer species |
First species to populate the area |
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Secondary succession |
When the disturbance is over community interactions tend to restore the ecosystem to its orginal conditions |
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