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| existing or occurring between different species |
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| produced, occurring, or existing within species or between individuals of a single species |
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| only 10% of energy is transferred to the next level of the food chain |
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| the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume |
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| each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy |
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| A producer in ecology is an autotrophic organism typically a photosynthetic green plant that synthesizes organic matter from inorganic materials. This organism is usually in the early stage of a food chain. |
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| An animal that eats grass and other green plants in a food chain; an herbivore. |
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| consumers that feed on the primary consumers. For example, in the food chain, a carnivore feeding on a plant eating animal is called a secondary consumer. |
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| a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers. |
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| a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically |
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| density-dependent factors |
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| factors that depend on how much of a population lives in a certain area |
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| density-independent factors |
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| factors that affect the population, but are not affected by the population itself ex. weather |
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| relation between 2 different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage) |
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| association between 2 different organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit or harm |
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| relationship between 2 species of organisms in which both benefit from the association |
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| interaction between organisms or species, in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of the other |
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| the living together of 2 dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, predation, or competition |
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| the maximum, equilibrium number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in a given environment |
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| the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings |
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| of or having to do with life or living organisms |
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| all of the people inhabiting a specified area |
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| The quality or power of producing abundantly; fruitfulness or fertility |
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| the kind of population growth where the growth rate constantly decreases with the increasing number of individuals. Eventually, when the population reaches to its maximum, the growth rate becomes zero. |
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| the population keeps growing and growing (limiting factors are out of the picture)...steady growth rate |
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| the movement of individuals into a specific area |
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| the movement of individuals out of an area |
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