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Title: Simple Ecology Notes
Description: Notes on basic ecology vocabulary, as well as definitions & descriptions of the types of factors present in ecosystems (with examples).

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VOCABULARY 


ECOLOGY ​
is the study of interactions between things and their environment
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BIOMES ​
are large, naturally occurring communities of flora and fauna that occupy a 
major habitat (such as a forest or tundra)
...
 
This takes into account both biotic and abiotic factors
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TYPES OF FACTORS 


ABIOTIC ​
factors are not living or caused by living things (i
...
 they cannot be controlled 
naturally by the population)
...
g
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BIOTIC ​
factors are either living or directly caused by living organisms
...
 A 
biotic factor can ​ be any living thing that affects its ecosystem (e
...
 disease, food 
also ​
supply, predation, symbiosis, etc
...
 



DENSITY DEPENDENT ​
factors rely on the size and density of a population to affect 
them and their ecosystems (e
...
 communicable diseases, food supply, etc
Title: Simple Ecology Notes
Description: Notes on basic ecology vocabulary, as well as definitions & descriptions of the types of factors present in ecosystems (with examples).