ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS

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Across
  1. 3. The exact place an organism lives and its role or status in its environment, including its behaviour; feeding habit and breeding habit.
  2. 5. A group of organisms of the same species living together in the same habitat or defined area.
  3. 7. Subdivision of ecology which studies individual organisms or species
  4. 8. Of or relating to non-living
  5. 9. A group made up of populations of different species living together and interacting with each other in a particular habitat.
  6. 10. The total surroundings of an organism including all the biotic and abiotic factors that affect the organism in one way or the other
  7. 12. A biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community characterized by a dominant type of vegetation that has formed in response to physical environment in which they are found and a shared regional climate.
  8. 13. Subdivision of ecology which studies communities
Down
  1. 1. Of or relating to living organisms
  2. 2. The part of the Earth and atmosphere habitable by living organisms or where life exists.
  3. 4. A biological community and the physical environment associated with it, made up of biotic/living and abiotic/non-living components interacting together to produce a stable system.
  4. 6. A particular locality within an environment, where organisms can live successfully
  5. 11. The study of the interrelationships between organisms and their natural environment, both living and nonliving