Name: Orion Lewis

Chapter 3 Section 1 Outline

I. Communities
A group that occupies the same area at the same time.
A. Limiting Factors
Any abiotic or biotic that restricts the numbers of org
Sunlight, climate, temp, water, space, nutrients fire soil chemistry
Plant and animal species
B. Range of Tolerance
Upper limit and lower limit an organism can survive
To survive with abiotic factors
II. Ecological Succession
The change when replacing a community

A. Primary Succession
Establishment of a community in an exposed rock.
Mature community that results when there is a little change
B. Secondary Succession
The orderly change that takes place after org have been removed and the soil is
still attached