biotic factors

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how does availability of food affect communities?
when there is plenty of food, organisms breed successfully.
how do new pathogens or parasites affect communities?
organisms have no resistance to new diseases, new pathogens can damage or even wipe out populations in communities.
how do new predators affect communities?
organisms have no defences against new predators
how does interspecific competition affect communities?
a new species may outcompete another to the point that they can no longer breed.
what are biotic factors?
availability of food
new predators
new pathogens
species outcompeting others os that numbers are no longer breeding sufficient
what is a biotic factor?
interactions associated with other living things