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Population and Ecosytems - Coggle Diagram

- - - - is an organism that feeds on primary producers
      - are usually herbivores that feed on autotrophic plants, which produce their own food through photosynthesis
    - - are organisms that eat primary consumers for energy
      - can either be carnivores or omnivores
      - such as dogs, cats, moles, and birds
    - - an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
    - - converts an abiotic source of energy into energy stored in organic compounds
      - re at the lowest trophic level, and are the reasons why Earth is sustainable for life to this day
      - they are the energy and nutrients supply for the herbivores
  - - - is a combination of the external appearance of vegetation
      - trees, shrubs and herbs
    - - means of surviving stress
      - an almost infinite number of combinations of life forms are possible
- - - - contributes many factor to the abiotic environment
      - the amount of light energy that strikes a given area varies with latitude
      - regions of high altitudes on mountain tops are similar to those at high latitudde
    - - are phenomena such as fires, landslides, snow avalanches, and floods
      - affects biotic factors by eliminating many or all individuals from an area
    - - climate is important to all organisms
      - most species are restricted to certain regions because they can not live in climatic conditions outside those regions
      - numerous metabolic processes respond proportionally to abiotic factors
    - - are formed by breakdown of rock
      - thick soil may result that has a distinct soil profile with three layers or horizons
      - young soil differ because of the chemical nature of their parental rock, older, more mature soils are less diverse
  - - - possibility for interaction is created when several individuals occur together
      - success in competition depends on factors other than the ones involved in the competition
    - - interrelationship between plants and these other organisms can be beneficial or detrimental for one or both
    - - habitat modification may be benefical or neutral to the continued success of that species in its own habitat
      - mature trees create a habitat that suits their seedlings and aids their own successful reproduction
      - the plant can modifies the habitat and is a part of it
- - - - a disturbance usually produces r conditions
      - popilation growth is limited by the species' own biotic potential
    - - population growth is governed by the carrying capacity of the ecosystem
      - species face intense competition from other plant species
  - - - the concept of limiting factors applies to all aspects of a plant's interaction with its habitat
      - any factor of the ecosystem can act as a limiting factor
    - - individuals have one of the three types of local distribution
        
        random distribution
        
        no obvious, identifiable pattern to the position of individuals
        
        clumped distribution
        
        in which the spacing between plants is either small or large
        
        uniform distribution
        
        all individuals are evenly spaced from their neighbors
        
        not extremely common