Across
- 3. Exclusion: The elimination of one species by another as a result of competition
- 6. The interaction that results when a resource is in short supply and one organism uses the resource at the expense of another
- 8. capacity: The maximum population size that can be sustained by the available resources in a given environment
- 10. Partitioning: The sharing of resource by specialization
- 11. The type of symbiosis in which both partners benefit from the relationship
Down
- 1. A living component of an environment
- 2. growth: unrestricted population growth where the population grows at a faster rate with each successive generation
- 4. The study of the interactions between organisms and the their environment
- 5. Niche: The full range of ecological characteristics of a species like, its feeding habits, specific habitat, and reproductive strategy
- 7. The type of symbiosis in which one partner, the parasite, derives benefit from the other relationship
- 9. A non-living (physical or chemical) component of the environment