Term used to describe organisms that predators kill for food
The binomial name assigned to a species of an organism; Comprised of two parts (1) the generic name or the genus name and (2) the species name or the Latin name. Genus name is capitalized, both names are italicized.
Nonliving components of an ecosystem, such as water, air, light, and nutrients
An organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area
Protects the environment from harmful human activities
A plant community that is dominated by trees representing the last stage of natural succession for that specific locality and environmentally
Two dissimilar species living together in close association
Ecological succession beginning on a barren, previously unoccupied substrate (such as a lava flow)
The living components of an ecosystem
Organism that consists of fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium living in a mutualistic association; may be crustose, foliose, or fruticose according to species
An approach to natural resource management that aims to ensure the long-term sustainability and persistence of an ecosystems function and services while meeting socioeconomic, political, and cultural needs
Animals that live by preying on other organisms for food. They hunt and eventually kill their prey
Shows the linear flow of energy between organisms
Autotrophic organisms (such as green plants that can manufacture food via photosynthesis)
A basic sampling unity, typically 1 m^2, used to sample grassland and old-field plant communities
A species that originated and developed in its surrounding habitat and has adapted to living in that particular environment