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ecology
The study of animals and their interaction with the physical and biological environment
population ecology
Is concerned with fluctuations in the size of a population
biosphere
part of the earth where living organisms are found
ecosystem
different species that interact with each other. and the environment
organism
and individual forrm of life with one or multiple cells and is capable of independant existence
community
a group of specjes that inhabit and interact in a particular area
species
a group of closely related organisms
individual
a single organism
population
a group of organisms of the same species in a particular area
What affects the size of a population
Natality
Emmigration
mortality
immigration