Learning is very important in Ecology. It plays an important part in associative learning. For example, when Conrad Lorenz used associative learning on the baby ducks. He found out that the baby ducks imprinted on him and they belive that he is their mom. In a population, there needs to be enough resources for the environment and other species. Over time evolution occurs. The animals learn to adapt to the new environment. After a long period of time, if something darastic occurs and affects the production of the population. The animals that can't adapt will die. Those who survive will mate with others who can survive as well and their characteristics would change either physically or traits. The abiotic factors that affect the ecosystem can be the weather, drought, flood, forest fire, etc. They can affect the growth and expanision of a population. The biotic factors that affect the ecosystem can be factors such as other organisms inhabiting a particular territory and using up the resources. Another factor can be fertility rate. How an organism reproduce can affect the surplus of supplies. An ecosystem is made up of many organisms. It can not exist without the key stone animals. These key stone organisms affect the population. It serves as the base for a populated lush ecosystem.
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