Ecology Appy, Reece, Brett

What is Ecology Ecology is a scientific study of interactions of organisms with one another and with the physical and chemical environment.

Species Population The Population is a group of organisms of a same species who occupy the same area. Example: There are certain amount of jaguars in Rainforest .

Habitat A habitat for jaguar is in Southern to the Central America

Competition A symbiotic relationship between jaguar and other animal is that jaguars don’t like being near predators.

Commensalism Commensalism. Jaguar does not have any commenalism with any animals

Carrying Capacity Jaguars live in tropical rain forest with certain amount of population.

Niche The place or function of a given organism within its ecosystem.

Predator A form of symbiotic relationship of jaguar is that they eat preys like deer, snake, rodents, crocodiles etc.

Symbiosis Interaction between jaguar is that they only live with their family and not with others.

Parasitism Parasitism is a non-mutual symbiotic relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host.

Succession is a process by which a structure of a biological community evolves over time like in Amazon Succession

Community Community is the study of the interactions between species in communities.

Prey An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

Mutualism Mutualism is the way where jaguar benefits itself by eating

Limiting Factors An environmental factor that tends to limit population size of jaguars in the South America.

Pioneer Species The first species to move into lifeless environment.