The natural world is a finely-tuned balance of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components that shape our environments. Various biotic factors directly affect processes like population growth, ...

Density dependant factors may also affect population ... population growth, such as fires and hurricanes. The quality of nutrients (e.g., food quality, amount of particular plant nutrients ...

Warming alters plant germination timing, changing species dominance and reshaping ecosystems in unpredictable ways.