Individual Organisms needing Resources from their Environment

All organisms require resources from their environment to survive, grow, and reproduce.
These essential resources include food, water, and space.
Animals obtain resources such as food directly or indirectly from plants, making plants the primary producers.
Plants require sunlight, water, and mineral nutrients from the soil for photosynthesis and growth.
The availability of these resources often limits the size of a population in a certain environment, this concept is known as carrying capacity.
The competition for resources can be either intra-specific (within the same species) or inter-specific (between different species).
Changes in the environment, such as seasonal variations, can affect the availability of these resources.
Animals have special adaptations to help them access, conserve or efficiently use these resources.
Overexploitation of resources by one species can lead to declines in other species and can impact biodiversity.
To prevent resource depletion, many organisms have evolved behaviours like migration, dormancy or changes in feeding behaviour during different seasons.
Resources such as light, water, and nutrients contribute to the structuring of communities and ecosystems.
Changes in these resource levels can have a significant impact - this is why conservation is so important to preserve biodiversity and natural habitats.