Population Dynamics
What effect can one species have on the other species in a community?
Inquiry Question
Overview
- Investigate and determine relationships between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem, including:
- The impact of abiotic factors
- The impact of biotic factors, including predation, competition and symbiotic relationships
- The ecological niches occupied by species
- Predicting consequences for populations in ecosystems due to predation, competition, symbiosis and disease
- Measuring populations of organisms using sampling techniques
- Explain a recent extinction event