Ecology Terms

• Ecology


  The study of living organisms in their environment
• Ecosystem


  A community of living organisms sharing an environment
• Environment


  The abiotic (non-living chemical and physical) and biotic (living) factors
• Habitat


  The place where a particular organism lives
• Niche


  The role of an organism in an ecosystem
• Species


  A group of individuals of common ancestry that closely resemble each other and are normally capable of interbreeding to produce a fertile offspring
• Population


  Members of a particular species living in a particular habitat
• Community


  All the populations of different species found living in a particular habitat