Chapter 14 Vocab

can be described as all of the biotic and abiotic factors in the area where an organism lives

is composed of all of the physical, chamical, and biological factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce

states that when two species are competing for the same resources, one species will be suited to the niche, and the other species will be pushed into another niche or become extinct

are species that occupy similar niche but live in different geographical regions

occurs when two organisms fight for the same limited resources

the process by which one organism captures and feeds upon another organism

is a close ecological relationship between one or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact with one another

is an interspecies interaction in which both organishm benefit from one another

is a relationship between two organisms in which one recieves an exological benefit from one another

is a relationship similar to predation in that one organism benefits while the other is harmed

is a measurement of the number of individuals living in a defined space

is the way in which individuals of a population are spread in an area or a volume

a generalized deiagram showing the number of surviving members over time from a measured set of births

the movement of individuals into a population from another population

is the movement of individuals out of a population and into another population

occurs when a population size increases dramatically over a period of time

is the sequence of biotic changes that regenerate damaged community or create a community in a previously inhabited area

is the establishment and development of an ecosystem in an area that was previously inhabited

something that has the greatest effect in keeping down the size population

the first organisms that live in a previously uninhabited area

a population begins with a period of slow growth followed by a brief period of exponential growth before leveling off at a stable size

of an environment is the maximum member of individuals of a particular species that the the environment can normally consist and support

are limiting factors that are affected by the number of individual in a given area

the reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem in an area where the soil was left in tact

are aspects of the environment that limit a population's growth reguardless of the density of the population