Biology

4. The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support
6. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
7. All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
11. the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
12. type of succession that occurs in an area that was only partially destroyed by disturbances and already had an existing ecosystem.
14. species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats
15. An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed

1. A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
2. anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing.
3. An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
5. Is the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
8. Causing planned fires to maintain the health of a forest.
9. Nonliving components of environment.
10. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
13. Species that are clearly critical to the functioning of an ecosystem are known as?