The variety of organisms found within a specific area
A major regional or global community of organisms
Organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms
Directly on the equator, adjacent to oceans, 2 seasons - hot and wet, hot and dry; lush, thick vegetation
Organisms that get their energy from nonliving resources, meaning they make their own food
The study of the interactions among living things and between living things and their surroundings
Long cold winter, warmish summer, coniferous forest, pines, moose, caribou
1 organism captures and feeds on another
Deciduous trees, 4 seasons, migration or hibertation
A group of the same species that live in an area
The first consumer above the producer level
Unusual weather, natural disasters, human activities
S-curve - population begins w a period of slow growth, followed by a brief period of exponential growth before leveling off at a stable size
Most of central/southern Africa, 2 seasons -Hot and wet, hot and dry; tall grasses, scattered random trees and shrubs, lions, cheetah