020701 Vocabulary

Groups of different populations that live together in a defined area

• community

• species

• population

• biome

A prokaryote or fungus that secretes enzymes that digest molecules in organic material and convert them to inorganic forms

• Detritavore

• Decomposers

• producer

• consumer

An organism that consumes decaying organic material

• detritivores

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

An event that changes a biological community by removing organisms from it or altering the availability of resources.

• disturbances

• disturbing

• bad situation

• problems

The role of a species in its community; the sum total of a species’ use of the biotic and abiotic resources of its environment.

• Nache

• Neche

• Niche

• Nichi

Consumption of plant parts or algae by an animal.

• Herbivory

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

• Predatory

Competition between individuals or populations of two or more species that require the same limited resource

• Interspecific Competition

• Intraspecific Competition

• Interspecific interactions

• Intracompetition

Relationships between individuals of different species in a community.

• Interspecific Competition

• Intraspecific Competition

• Interspecific interactions

• Intracompetition

A non-native species that spreads beyond its original point of introduction and causes environmental or economic damage.

• Wild species

• invading species

• incursive species

• invasive species

An interspecific relationship in which both partners benefit.

• Herbivory

• Mutualism

• Symbiosis

• Predatory