The document defines key concepts related to biotic and abiotic influences on ecosystems. It explains that an ecosystem includes all living organisms and physical/chemical factors in a region. Biotic factors refer to living things and their remains/features, while abiotic factors are non-living physical/chemical components like rocks, water, and sunlight. The interactions between organisms, including competition, predation, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism, influence species success. Carrying capacity is the maximum population an ecosystem can sustain based on biotic and abiotic limiting factors over time.
The document defines key concepts related to biotic and abiotic influences on ecosystems. It explains that an ecosystem includes all living organisms and physical/chemical factors in a region. Biotic factors refer to living things and their remains/features, while abiotic factors are non-living physical/chemical components like rocks, water, and sunlight. The interactions between organisms, including competition, predation, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism, influence species success. Carrying capacity is the maximum population an ecosystem can sustain based on biotic and abiotic limiting factors over time.
The document defines key concepts related to biotic and abiotic influences on ecosystems. It explains that an ecosystem includes all living organisms and physical/chemical factors in a region. Biotic factors refer to living things and their remains/features, while abiotic factors are non-living physical/chemical components like rocks, water, and sunlight. The interactions between organisms, including competition, predation, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism, influence species success. Carrying capacity is the maximum population an ecosystem can sustain based on biotic and abiotic limiting factors over time.
Ecosystem: all the living organisms that share a region & their physical & chemical environment
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Ecosystem: all the living organisms that share a region & their physical & chemical environment e.g. pond forest oasis
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Biotic Factors: living things, their remains, and features, such as nests, associated with their activities
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Biotic Factors: living things, their remains, and features, such as nests, associated with their activities Population: a group of individuals of the same species Community: all of the different species that interact in an ecosystem
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Abiotic Factors: the non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem e.g. rocks oxygen water sunlight
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Sustainable Ecosystem: an ecosystem that is maintained through natural processes
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Sustainable Ecosystem: an ecosystem that is maintained through natural processes Sustainability: the ability to maintain natural ecological conditions without interruption or weakening
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Limiting Factor: any factor that restricts the size of a population e.g. biotic: availability of food abiotic: access to water
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Tolerance Range: the abiotic conditions within which a species can survive
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Tolerance Range: the abiotic conditions within which a species can survive Key abiotic factors: -light availability -water availability -nutrient availability -temperature
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Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resource
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Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resource Predation: one individual feeds on another
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resource Predation: one individual feeds on another Mutualism: two individuals benefitting each other
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resource Predation: one individual feeds on another Mutualism: two individuals benefitting each other Parasitism: one individual lives on or in and feeds on a host organism
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resource Predation: one individual feeds on another Mutualism: two individuals benefitting each other Parasitism: one individual lives on or in and feeds on a host organism Commensalism: one individual benefits & the other neither benefits nor is harmed
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Carrying Capacity: the maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain -carrying capacity is set by the influences of all the biotic and abiotic factors over a long period of time -sustainable populations live at or below their carrying capacity
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Carrying Capacity: the maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain
sustainable population
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Carrying Capacity: the maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain