Community Population size

Populations of different Number of individuals of one

species in a habitat cohabiting species in a particular area
Population Habitat
All organisms of one species in a habitat Place where an organism lives
 Distribution
Where a species is within a particular area
Biotic factors
Living features of the ecosystem
Abundance
Number of individuals of one
species in a particular area
Abiotic factors
Non-living features of the ecosystem
 Succession
Process by which an
ecosystem changes over time
Carrying Capacity
The maximum stable population
size an ecosystem can support
Niche
The role of an organism in its habitat
including its biotic and abiotic factors
Net Productivity
Amount of energy available
to next trophic level
 Climate Change Plagioclimax
Change in weather of a
Human/artificial prevention of succession
region over a period of time
Climatic Climax Climax Community
Largest and most complex
Climax community for a particular climate
community an ecosystem can support
 Evolution Species
Group of similar organisms that can
Change in allele frequency
reproduce to give fertile offspring
Dendrochronology Global Warming
Rapid increase in global
Investigating age of trees using tree rings
temperature over the last century
 Ecosystem
All interacting organisms and all the
abiotic factors in a particular area
Biomes
Major ecosystems eg.
Coniferous forests, Sahara...
Opportunists / Pioneer Species
First plants / species to arrive
on an empty inorganic surface
Speciation
Development of new species
 Endemism
State of a species being unique to an area
Intraspecific Competition
Competition for limited resources between
members of the same species/ population
Interspecific Competition
Competition for same resources
between different species
Leaching
Drainage of mineral
containing water through soils
 Secondary Production Net Primary Productivity
Energy used to make animal biomass Energy stored in plant body tissue
Gross Primary Productivity Biomass
Rate at which energy is
Weight of an organism in a given area/volume
incorporated into plants
 Wiggle Matching
Process by which radiocarbon
dating is confimed
Greenhouse Effect Carbon Sinks
Reservoirs where C is removed
Reduction of heat loss from surface
from atmosphere and 'locked up'
of Earth by Greenhouse Gases
in organic/ inorganic compounds