An ecological factor that makes up part of the non biological environment of an organism
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What's the definition of a biotic factor?
An ecological factor that makes up part of the living environment of an organism
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What's the definition of a limiting factor?
A variable that limits the rate of a chemical reaction
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What's the definition of an ecosystem?
Functional unit of ecology made up of interacting biotic and abiotic factors in a specific area
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What's the definition of a habitat?
A place where an organism normally lives, which is characterised by physical conditions and the species of other organisms present
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What's the definition of a population?
A group of individuals of the same species that occupy the same habitat at the same time
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What's the definition of a community?
A group of all the species that occupy the same habitat at the same time
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What's the definition of an ecological niche?
All conditions and resources required for an organism to survive, reproduce and maintain a viable population
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What does MRR stand for?
Mark, release and recapture
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What's the definition of abundance?
The number of individuals of a species in a given space
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What's the definition of a transect?
A path along which one counts and records occurrences of the phenomena of study
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What's the definition of a line transect?
A single line path along which one counts and records occurrences of the phenomena of study
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What's the definition of a belt transect?
Two parallell lines between which one counts and records occurrences of the phenomena of study
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What is interspecific competition?
Competition between organisms of different species
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What is intraspecific competition?
Competition between organisms of the same species
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What is the competitive exclusion principle?
Two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist if other ecological factors are constant. One species will become dominant and the other will diminish or find another ecological niche.
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What is Predation?
Where one organism is consumed by another.
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What's the definition of a biotic factor?
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An ecological factor that makes up part of the living environment of an organism
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