Memory Ecosystems Word MatchVersión en línea Sciencecabulary fill it! por Jacqueline Chisholm Ecological Succession habitat very small, specialized habitat, such as the space under a rock Population Biodiversity Biotic nonliving components, such as light, space, temperature, soil or water that affect the ecosystem Ecosystem Abiotic This exists during a relatively stable state of succession. Microhabitat the number of different species of plants and animals in a given area Competition exists when more than one individual or population within an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resource members of the same species that live in the same geographical area Sustainable capable of maintaining the current community at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage Climax Community place where an organism lives and grows where populations of organisms with biotic and abiotic factors interact Transition of species present in a community in an area barren of life or after a disturbance Factors that are living components of an ecosystem.