Ecosystems

One of the world’s major communities,

classified according to the predominant vegetation

and characterized by adaptation of organisms

to that particular environment.

• Community

• Biome

• ecosystem

• population

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• population

• community

A place where an organism naturally lives and grows.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Habitat

• Population

A very small specialized habitat,

such as the space under a rock.

• Microhabitat

• Biome

• Population

• Community

A group of interacting individuals of

the same species located in the same area.

• Habitat

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

The number of different species of plants and animals in an area.

• Biodiversity

• Habitat

• Community

• Population

A series of changes in the species composition of a community over time.

• Community

• Population

• Succession

• Biome

A relatively stable state of succession, or the end product of succession.

• Population

• Biome

• Habitat

• Climax Community

Capable of maintaining the current

community at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or

causing severe ecological damage.

• Sustainable

• Biome

• Population

• Community