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| An organism that eats only plants |
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| In ecology, an event thatchanges a community by removing or destroying organisms or altering resources availability |
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| Any orgainc material that has been produced in an ecosystem |
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| A species that colonizes an uninhabitated area that starts an acological cycle in which many other species become established |
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| An organism that feeds by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms;examples include bacteria and fungi |
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| A gradual process of change and replacement in a community |
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| An organism that eats a variety of other organisms, including animals and plants |
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| The variety of organisms considered at all levels, from populations to ecosystems |
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| The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms |
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| The accumalation of increasingly large amounts of toxic substances within each successive link of the food chain |
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| An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing its own nutrients or obtaining nutrients from inorganic sources |
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| succession that begins in an area that didnt previously support life |
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| Organism's relative position in a sequence of energy transfers in a food chain or a food pyramid |
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| The process by which one community replaces another community that has been partially or totally destroyed |
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| A community that, after a process of ecological succession, has reached a generally stable state |
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| A consumer that feeds on dead organisms or on the parts or wastes of other organisms |
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| A diagram that shows the feeding relationships amoung organisms in an ecosystem |
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| an organism that eats animals |
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