https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in en-us 2018-02-05 17:10:56 UTC 2025-06-25 10:59:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228230910 a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it: Abiotic factors can determine which species of organisms will survive in a given environment.]]> 2018-02-05 17:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228230910 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228231758 the action or process of adapting or being adapted.]]> 2018-02-05 17:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228231758 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228382439 Associated with or derived from living organisms. The biotic factors in an environment include the organisms themselves as well as such items as predation, competition for food resources, and symbiotic relationships. Compare abiotic.]]> 2018-02-05 22:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228382439 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228382719 an animal that feeds on flesh.

]]> 2018-02-05 22:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228382719 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228382959 Community ecology or synecology is the study of the interactions between species in communities on many spatial and temporal scales, including the distribution, structure, abundance, demography, and interactions between coexisting populations.]]> 2018-02-05 22:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228382959 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383178 Limited supply of at least one resource (such as food, water, and territory) used by both can be a factor. Competition both within and between species is an important topic in ecology, especially community ecology. Competition is one of many interacting biotic and abiotic factors that affect community structure.]]> 2018-02-05 22:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383178 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383397 Consumers are organisms of an ecological food chain that receive energy by consuming other organisms. These organisms are formally referred to as heterotrophs, which include animals, some bacteria and fungi. Such organisms may consume by various means, including herbivory, predation, parasitization, and biodegradation.]]> 2018-02-05 22:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383397 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383581 Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.]]> 2018-02-05 22:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383581 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383905 Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, they carry out the natural process of decomposition. Like herbivores and predators, decomposers are heterotrophic, meaning that they use organic substrates to get their energy, carbon and nutrients for growth and development.]]> 2018-02-05 22:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228383905 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228384142 a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.]]> 2018-02-05 22:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228384142 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228384636 Ecology (from Greek: οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment. It is an interdisciplinary field that straddles biology, geography, and Earth science.]]> 2018-02-05 22:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228384636 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228384829 Ecological extinction is defined as "the reduction of a species to such low abundance that, although it is still present in the community, it no longer interacts significantly with other species".]]> 2018-02-05 22:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228384829 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228385088 A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. ... It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population.

]]> 2018-02-05 22:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228385088 310047 https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228385378 an animal that feeds on plants.]]> 2018-02-05 22:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/310047/9r1q1tgfu1in/wish/228385378