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Food Webs & Food Chains - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Finite: limited
        
        Limiting Factors limit the size of the population. Can be biotic or abiotic.
        
        Carrying Capacity: the sheer population an ecosystem can hold.
        
        Competition: serves to control species population size by prohibiting the growth of some
      - Infinite: unlimited
- - - - Definition: the manner in which food energy is passed from one trophic level to the next along the food chain.
- - - - Always a prey. They are the bottom of the food chain. All of their energy is consumed and used by organisms of higher echelons in the chain.
        Prey: killed for food (by predators)
  - - - Always a predator to something, but can also be prey. Eg: a fish predates shrimp and krill, but is also is eaten by sharks.
        Predator: Predator: kills and eats other organisms. Also lowers/controls population sizes.
        
        Can be herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore.
        Carnivore: eats other animals exclusively
        Omnivore: eats other plants and animals
        Herbivore: eats plants exclusively
- - - - Mexico
        
        "With over 200,000 different species, Mexico is home of 10–12% of the world's biodiversity. Mexico ranks 1st in biodiversity in reptiles with 707 known species, 2nd in mammals with 438 species, 4th in amphibians with 290 species, and 4th in flora, with 26,000 different species." - http://www.southernportal.com/biodiversity.html#:~:text=With%20over%20200%2C000%20different%20species,flora%2C%20with%2026%2C000%20different%20species.
      - South Africa
        
        "South Africa is home to 10% of the world's plant species and 7% of its reptile, bird and mammal species. Furthermore, it harbors around 15% of the world's marine species." - https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/?country=za#:~:text=While%20it%20occupies%20only%202,up%20to%2070%25%20for%20invertebrates.
      - Brazil
        
        "...Holds 15-20% of the world's biodiversity." - https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/?country=br#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20Brazil,animal%20species%20discovered%20each%20year.
      - Madagascar
        
        "Madagascar is a megadiverse country with a high concentration of endemic species. Its ecosystems include many types of forests, savannah, steppes, rivers, lakes, wetlands, mangroves, drylands and reefs. Currently, these unique ecosystems are home to approximately 12,000 species of vascular plants (96% endemic), 586 species of ferns (45% endemic), 194 species of palms (97% endemic), 1000 species of orchids (85% endemic), 389 species of reptiles (90% endemic), 278 species of amphibians (100% endemic), 282 species of birds (37% endemic), 159 species of fish (66% endemic), 104 species and subspecies of lemurs (100% endemic), 60 species of non-flying small mammals (92% endemic), 43 species of bats (73% endemic) and 13 species of carnivore (77% endemic)." - https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/?country=mg#:~:text=Currently%2C%20these%20unique%20ecosystems%20are,%25%20endemic)%2C%20282%20species%20of