Ecology

Ecology

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Ecology

Predator

Biology; Ecology

Organism which hunts and eats other organisms. This includes both carnivores, which eat animals, and herbivores, which eat plants.

Pathogenic

Biology; Ecology

Organism which causes a disease within another organism.

Saprophyte

Biology; Ecology

Organism which feeds on dead and decaying organisms, allowing the nutrients to be recycled into the ecosystem. Fungi and bacteria are two groups with many important saprophytes.

Niche

Biology; Ecology

The portion of the environment that a species occupies, defined in terms of the conditions under which an organism can survive, and the presence of other competing organisms.