Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...

Pests and diseases are biotic factors that impact an ecosystem and its organisms. Examples: those deer mowing your hostas to ...

Here we show how routine acoustic data, primarily collected for stock assessment, allows for a 3D vision of the abiotic and biotic components of marine ecosystem and to study their interactions. Data, ...

Understanding forest ecology is necessary before a forest ecosystem can be defined. They are hard to describe even when using modern tools and concepts.

Ecosystems can range in size (<0.01 cm2 to >10,000 hectares) and habitat type (terrestrial, aquatic, urban, etc.). Ecosystem ecologists study how interactions of organisms with one another such as ...

By understanding the roles of biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems, you can see how these components work together to maintain ecological balance.

Components of agro-ecosystems, whether abiotic or biotic in nature, can be treated as key detrimental factors (for satisfactory growth and yield) or as a stressor (s) for crops/cropping systems when ...

Biotic vs. Abiotic Components: What Are the Differences? As we mentioned above, biotic refers to all of the living components present in the ecosystem, whereas abiotic refers to the non-living ...

These all impact the ecosystem without being living organisms. The type of abiotic factor present will be determined by the type of ecosystem. For example, abiotic components in a terrestrial ...