Ecology and Ecosystem Concepts

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Carrying Capacity

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The maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

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Limiting Factor

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An environmental factor that restricts the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population in an ecosystem.

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Biotic

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Relating to or resulting from living organisms.

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Abiotic

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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

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Ecology

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The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

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Ecosystem

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A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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Community

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A group of interdependent organisms of different species growing or living together in a specified habitat.

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Population

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A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area.

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Species

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A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

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Biosphere

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The global sum of all ecosystems, also known as the zone of life on Earth.