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GENETICS, POPULATIONS, EVOLUTION AND ECOSYSTEMS
POPULATIONS IN ECOSYSTEMS
DEFINITIONS
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WHAT IS A POPULATION?
group
of
individuals
of the
same species
that
occupy
the
same habitat
at the
same time
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY?
all populations
of
different species
in the
same area
at the
same time
WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM?
all
living
and
non-living components
of a
particular area
(
dynamic
)
WHAT IS A BIOTIC FACTOR?
impact
of
interactions
of
organisms
WHAT IS AN ABIOTIC FACTOR?
non-living conditions
of an
ecosystem
WHAT IS CARRYING CAPACITY?
maximum population size
a
habitat
can
maintain
WHAT IS A NICHE?
specific
role
of an
organism
in its
habitat
(including their
position
in the
food web
and
habitat
)
WHAT IS SUCCESSION?
gradual change
in a
species
/
ecological community
over
time
WHAT IS A HABITAT?
part
of an
ecosystem
in which a
particular organism lives
EXAMPLES OF BIOTIC FACTORS?
prey
predators
mates
disease
competition
decomposition
EXAMPLES OF ABIOTIC FACTORS?
light intensity
humidity
soil pH
habitat space
mineral ion concentration
CO2 concentration
