Bio Ch. 14 Terms Crossword

All the abiotic and biotic factors in the area where an organism lives
composed of all the physical, chemical, and biological factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce
close ecological relationship between 2 or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact with one another
interaction in which both organisms benefit from one another
relationship between 2 organisms in which one receives an ecological benefit from another, while the other one neither benefits nor is harmed
one organism benefits and the other is harmed
one organism captures and feeds on another organism
2 organisms fight for the same limited resources
species that occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions
when 2 species are competing for the same resources, one species will be better suited to the niche, and the other species will be pushed into another niche or become extinct
measurement of the number of individuals living in a defined space
way in which individuals of a population are spread in an area or a volume
the movement of individuals into a population from another population
the movement of individuals out of a population and into another population
development of an ecosystem in an area that was previously uninhabited
reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem in an area where the soil was left intact