Levels of Organization (ecology)
- Levels of Organization (ecology)
Levels of Organization (ecology) or the Levels of Environmental Organization are the five known levels of environmental classification.
The smallest level is the individual organism. Next is a population, followed by a community, then an ecosystem, then the biome, and finally the biosphere. Larger or smaller organizations may be added in the future.
* Organism refers to a single organism, this level can include any living organism from a plant to an animal
* Population refers to a group of organisms living in an area from the same species
* Community refers to groups of organisms from different species living in the same area interacting with each other
* Ecosytem refers to groups of organisms from different species living in the same area interacting with each other
* Biosphere is the largest level in ecology, this level includes all ecosystems on Earth
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