How can biotic factors affect an organism's distribution?

Biotic factors can include things like parasites, predators, disease vectors, competitors, even food sources. I think the ways any of these things could affect the distribution of an organism are self-evident. read more

In this presentation we will discuss some of the factors that can affect the distribution of organisms on our planet. In the following two parts,we will talking about how the different regions of our planet are classified using both biotic and abiotic factors. read more

Behavior can influence species distribution because some behaviors can make an animal better survive in specific environments. For example, birds migrate. This will affect species distribution because they may live in one area during the hotter months, and then leave that area during colder months. read more

The distribution and abundance of an organism will be affected by its interrelationships with the biotic environment. Humans are one of the few organisms that can control how the other biotic factors affect them. read more