ecology part 3

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

• ecology

• immigration

• emigration

• birth rate

• death rate

movement of individuals into a population

• ecology

• immigration

• emigration

• birth rate

• death rate

movement of individuals out of a population

• ecology

• immigration

• emigration

• birth rate

• death rate

number of births in a population in a certain amount of time

• ecology

• immigration

• emigration

• birth rate

• death rate

number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time

• competition

• limiting factors

• population density

• birth rate

• death rate

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

• competition

• limiting factors

• population density

• biotic potential

• carrying capacity

anything that restricts the size of the population

• competition

• limiting factors

• population density

• biotic potential

• carrying capacity

number of individuals per unit area

• predation

• prey

• population density

• biotic potential

• carrying capacity

the potential growth of a population if it could grow in perfect conditions with no limiting factors

• predation

• prey

• population density

• biotic potential

• carrying capacity

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

• predator

• symbiosis

• mutualism

• parasitism

• carrying capacity