Ympäristöntekijät
Ympäristöntekijät, often translated as environmental factors, refer to all the external influences that affect an organism's life, development, and survival. These factors can be broadly categorized into biotic and abiotic components. Biotic factors include living organisms within an ecosystem, such as predators, prey, competitors, and symbiotic partners. The interactions between these organisms, like predation, competition for resources, and mutualism, significantly shape populations and communities. Abiotic factors, on the other hand, are the non-living physical and chemical elements of the environment. These encompass a wide range of conditions, including temperature, light availability, water, soil composition, pH, salinity, and atmospheric gases.
The interplay between biotic and abiotic factors is complex and dynamic. For instance, temperature (abiotic) can