ecosystem

Cards (8)

  • abundance varies because of abiotic factors
    amount of sunlight
    temperature change
    change in water levels
    changes in greenhouse gases
    space/ land availability
  • abundance varies because of biotic factors
    different species (interspecific)
    same species (intraspecific)
  • competition
    when there is an overlap of species
  • intraspecific
    availability of resources will determine population
    a large availability of resources increases population size
  • interspecific
    niches overlap
    population of one species determine population of other species (if one goes up the other goes down)
  • succession
    a series of changes that occur to the composition of species in the community of organism present in an atom over a period of time
  • primary succession 

    starts from bare rock/ water
    bare rock has to be broken up
    broken up by pioneer species
  • pioneer species
    can live under harsh conditions