Biology 2483A : Ecology Notes.docx
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As a result, events in nature are connected, and what affects one organism or place can effect others as well: everything goes somewhere, any production, energy, and release of nutrients all end up in somewhere, there is no away into which waste materials disappear, no population can increase in size forever, what is the limit imposed on the population , there are limits to the growth and resources use of every population, including humans, finite energy and resources result in tradeoffs, any decision that organisms might make has another consequence, e. g. Super organisms that outcompete others must have some way that is overcompensated and weak in another area: an organism"s energy and resources are finite, and increasing inputs into one function (such as reproduction) results in a trade off in which there is a loss for other functions (such as growth, organisms evolve, adaptation and natural selection, adaptation: a characteristic that improves survival or reproduction.
