It is not just the environment that affects the chances of a ❌ surviving. Organisms are also dependant on other ❌ for their survival. They may depend on other species for food or for their habitat. Many species of insect, for example, have habitats within or on particular ❌.
In a particular habitat there will be competition between species for resources. ❌ may compete for breeding sites or territories, food, mates or living space. Plants may compete for space, ❌, nutrients and water.
A food web shows the feeding ❌ of some of the species within a habitat. Because species depend on each other in many ways, any impact on one species within a food web will have a ❌ on many of the other species that are part of the same food web. Food webs are extremely useful because they give us a visual representation of ❌.
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interactions
interactions
interdependence
interdependence
knock-on effect
knock-on effect