Stable community
What Stable community means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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One where all the species and environmental factors are in balance so that population sizes remain fairly constant.
A community in which the numbers of predators and prey rise and fall in cycles rather than staying constant.
One where all species and environmental factors are in balance, keeping population sizes fairly constant.
Topics that use Stable community
- Communities (AQA GCSE)
- Levels of organisation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Community
- Abiotic
- Abiotic factors and species distribution
- Accuracy of plotting
- Adaptation
- Behavioural adaptation
- Biomass
- Biotic
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