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| Biological influence on organisms with in an ecosystem. living |
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| physical or nonliving factor that shapes an ecosystem |
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| the area where an organism lives including the biotic & Abioitc factors that affect it |
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| full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions. |
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| any nessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space |
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| Competitve exclusion principle |
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| ecology rule that states that no 2 species can occupy the same exact niche in the same habitat at the sametime. |
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| interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism |
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| relationship in which 2 species live closely together |
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| symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship |
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| sybiotic relationship in which one member of the association benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped |
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| symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organism and consequently harms it |
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| gradual change in living communities that follow a disturbence |
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| succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists |
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| first species to populate and area during primary sucess |
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| succession following a disturbence that destroys a community without destroying the soil |
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