Resource (biology)
A biological resource is a substance or object required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction. Resources can be consumed by one organism and, as a result, become unavailable to another organism.[1][2][3] For plants key resources are sunshine, nutrients, water, and place to grow. For animals key resources are food, water, and territory. The National Biological Authority of India defines biological resource as "plants, animals, microorganisms, genetic material and by-products of value but excluding human genetic material."
Key resources for plants
Terrestrial plants require particular resources for photosynthesis and to complete their life cycle of germination, growth, reproduction, and dispersal[5][6] 2008 www.nbaindia.org All Rights Reserved. Developed by Hypertrix
- Carbon dioxide
- Microsite (ecology)
- Nutrients
- Photosynthetically active radiation
- Pollination
- Seed dispersal
- Soil
- Water
Key resources for animals
Animals resources particular resources for metabolism and to complete their life cycle of gestation, birth, growth, and reproduction[7]:
Resources and biological processes
Resource availability plays a central role in ecological processes:
See also
- Abiotic component
- Biotic component
- Community ecology
- Ecology
- Population ecology
- Plant ecology
- Resource (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Miller, G.T., and S. Spoolman. 2011. Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions, 17th ed. Brooks-Cole, Belmont, CA. ISBN 0-538-73534-1.
- ^ Ricklefs, R.E. 2005. The Economy of Nature, 6th edition. WH Freeman, USA.
- ^ Chapin, F.S. III, H.A. Mooney, M.C. Chapin, and P. Matson. 2011. Principles of terrestrial ecosystem ecology. Springer, New York.
- ^ NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY AUTHORITY, <http://nbaindia.org/text/12//TheBiologicalDiversityAct2002.html The biological Diversity Act], [Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)]>, 2008 www.nbaindia.org, Hypertrix
- ^ Barbour, M.G. J.H. Burk, W.D. Pitts and F.S. Gilliam. 1998. Terrestrial Plant Ecology, 3rd ed. Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA.
- ^ Craine, J.M. 2009. Resource strategies in wild plants. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
- ^ Smith, T.M., and R.L. Smith. 2008. Elements of ecology, 7th ed. Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA.
