Communities and Biomes

Any factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms 

This type of succession might occur where lava has cooled & hardened after a volcanic eruption

What two factors help determine the different terrestrial biomes

Ability of a plant to withstand changes in the abiotic and biotic factors in the environment 

The coldest, harshest biome 

The shallow, sunlit zones of marine biomes are called

Communities are made up of

The colonization of barren land by communities of organisms  

Cold, subarctic forests make up the 

A large group of ecosystems that share the same type of climax community 

The biome that contains more than half of the world’s animal and plant species

What are pioneer species

A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change 

Which of the following represents ecological organization in order from smallest to largest

Deep, unlighted zones of marine biomes arecalled

series of changes that take place after an existing community has been disrupted in some way

A collection of interacting populations that inhabit the same environment 

To be a desert, rainfall must be less than __________ inches per year

The biome that has moderate temperatures and moderate rainfall

Orderly, natural changes and species replacements that take place in the communities