Resource (biology)In biology and ecology, a resource is a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction. Resources box can be consumed by one organism and, as a result, become unavailable to another organism. For plants key resources are light, nutrients, water, and place to grow. For animals key resources are food, water, and territory. Terrestrial plants require particular resources for photosynthesis and to complete their life cycle of germination, growth,
Dispersion (biologie)thumb|Certaines graines très légères se laissent emporter par le vent, parfois sur de grandes distances. Il s'agit souvent d'espèces pionnières. thumb|Beaucoup de graines ont une forme qui leur permet de s'accrocher aux poils ou plumes d’animaux et ainsi d'être transportées thumb|Représentation schématique d'une dispersion. Colonisation d'autres milieux (parcelles occupées ou inoccupées) à partir d'une parcelle parente.
Food chainA food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or algae which produce their own food via photosynthesis) and ending at an apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria). A food chain also shows how organisms are related to each other by the food they eat. Each level of a food chain represents a different trophic level.
