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| The number of individuals belonging to a populations that an area can support. |
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| The number of births per 1000 per year. |
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| A physical feature of an organism which assists it to survive and reproduce in its habitat. |
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| The opportunities provided by the habitat and the adaptations of the organism which enables it to survive. |
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| A situation 2 species that live in the same location. |
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| A series of linked food chains in a community. |
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| A place where an organism lives. |
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| Physical or climatic aspects of an environment. |
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| Bacteria and fungi that break down dead bodies to release the nutrients. |
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| A set of interacting populations present during any particular time in any particular place. |
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| Occurs when one organism lives on or in a larger organism and feeding on it, but not killing it. |
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| A group of organisms from the same species living in the same location. |
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| Graph showing the total mass of living material at each trophic level of a community. |
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| Ecological relationship between two species where both species benefit. |
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| A graph showing the number of individuals surviving to different age categories. |
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| Changes in species composition of a community over time. |
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| Organism that feeds on dead organisms or dead tissue. |
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No two species with similar needs for the same limited resource can co-exist in the same
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| Community of interdepent organisms and the environment they live in. |
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Relationship between 2 species whereby one species benefits while the other is neither
harmed nor benefited. |
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| Loss of members of a population due to individuals moving to other locations. |
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| Animals that feed on the tissues of woody plants. |
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| The ability of a species to cope with variation in conditions. |
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| The relationship between members of the same species. |
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Whatever essential environmental factor is present in the least favourable
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| The rapid increase of numbers in a population. |
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