CROSSWORD IN ECOLOGY

study of interaction in the environment
ring-shaped reef made mostly of coral.
adaptation to a different climate
virus that infects and eventually kills its bacterial host
biological variety of the kind that preserves species and their DNA.
an artificially created animal composed of mixed DNA
substance with a pH less than 7 due to prevalent hydrogen ions
the stretch of shoreline between low and high tide.
recently born or hatched animal before it undergoes metamorphosis into its mature form
organisms living in habitats of moderate moisture.
mutualistic association of a fungus with plant roots.
an organism’s role, function, or position in an ecosystem
an organism that eats both plants and animals.
the development of an organism from the egg to maturity.
plant species that bears and seeds more than once.
: the tendency of plants to turn toward and follow the sun.
fish-eating.
small area set aside for ecological study
the ability of a biotic community to return to its former state after a disturbance
an organism that eats dead organisms, thereby recycling the nutrients.
flat tropical or subtropical grassland with occasional shrubs, herbs, and trees
attached; non-mobile
generic name for a woody perennial plant without a well-defined main stem
a group of organisms that can breed with each other
a mutually beneficial relationship between two species
a plant that adapts its requirements to climate extremes, like a deciduous tree dropping its leaves in winter and growing them back in spring.
an arctic or subarctic treeless plain with frozen subsoil and small growth: some grasses, dwarf shrubs, lichens, mosses, sedges, and herbs.
an animal with a backbone
a wet land; a bog, fen, marsh, estuary
organisms that live in dry areas
a fertilized egg.
a flowering plant or its closest relatives.
the largest ecological regions distinguishable by characteristic plants and animals.
living
a tree's uppermost layer: branches and leaves.
makers and maintainers of protoplasm; the basic living unit of all organisms except viruses.
a cone-bearing tree
an organism that eats detritus
the degradation of moist land into a desert.
active by day
toxic habitats deficient in nutrients.
a plant growing on, but not nourished by, another plan
animals that live on a surface
breaking up of a forest into islands of trees
an animal whose main diet is fruit
the genes of a species
a group of species that fill similar ecological niches (e.g., birds that eat bugs from tree bark), but separated by time or geography so they don't compete
the abode of a species
a plant that likes saline soil (cordgrass, rushes, pickleweed)
organisms that live in moist places
still water (pond, lake, etc.); also, organisms living in it.
arable land used occasionally as hay or pastureland.