TSOTS Assignment #4: An Ecological Analysis of the Garden and your Plants

Now that you have read about and discussed some of the factors that influence the forms and behaviors of ecosystems, apply those ideas to the appearance and behaviors of the garden in which your Brassica oleracea plants are growing by developing an analysis guided by the following questions:

1. What are some abiotic factors on which your plant depends for its survival? What about biotic factors that affect your plant? Describe some of these factors.
2. How do you know your plants are engaged in competition? For what are your plants competing, and who is the competition?
3. How are "winners" and "losers" determined in this struggle? Is it always so clear cut who "wins" and who "loses?" What makes that determination complicated sometimes?
4. Describe other types of interaction (besides competition) in which your plants are involved. Make sure to explain how this interaction affects each organism involved.
5. What evidence is there in the garden that succession (or something like it) is occurring in the garden ecosystem? Does it seem more like primary or secondary succession?

It is advisable to address each set of questions in a separate paragraph. This will improve readability of your analysis.



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