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Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Ecosystem: all the living organisms that share a region & their physical & chemical environment
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Ecosystem: all the living organisms that share a region & their physical & chemical environment
e.g. pondforestoasis
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: living things, their remains, and features, such as nests, associated with their activities
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: living things, their remains, and features, such as nests, associated with their activities
Population: a group of individuals of the same speciesCommunity: all of the different species that interact in an ecosystem
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Abiotic Factors: the non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem
e.g. rocksoxygenwatersunlight
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Limiting Factor: any factor that restricts the size of a population
e.g. biotic: availability of foodabiotic: access to water
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Tolerance Range: the abiotic conditions within which a species can survive
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Tolerance Range: the abiotic conditions within which a species can survive
Key abiotic factors:-light availability-water availability-temperature
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success
e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resource
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success
e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resourcePredation: one individual feeds on another
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success
e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resourcePredation: one individual feeds on anotherMutualism: two individuals benefitting each other
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success
e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resourcePredation: one individual feeds on anotherMutualism: two individuals benefitting each otherParasitism: one individual lives on or in
and feeds on a host organism
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Biotic Factors: interactions with other organisms influence a species' success
e.g. Competition: two individuals vying for the same resourcePredation: one individual feeds on anotherMutualism: two individuals benefitting each otherParasitism: one individual lives on or in
and feeds on a host organismCommensalism: one individual benefits & the other neither benefits nor is harmed
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Carrying Capacity: the maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain
-carrying capacity is set by the influences of all the biotic and abiotic factors over a long period of time
-sustainable populations live at or below their carrying capacity
Biotic & Abiotic Influences
Carrying Capacity: the maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain
sustainablepopulation
