BlogPost #4 Monique Perez-Durand P.4

     The abiotic factors that my plant depends on are sunlight, nitrogen, carbon dioxide , and water. Some biotic factors that affect my plants are animals and insects, competition for space with other organisms, and mold and bacteria. The way abiotic factors affect my plant like how it needs sunlight as well as water or it will die, it takes in nitrogen and carbon and stores it in its cells helping it to grow. Some of the way biotic factors affect the plant are animals like rodents or humans or insects eating them. Competition with other organisms for space witch can determine how large the plant grows or how much sunlight it takes in, and how much sunlight the plants it gets also effects it.
     How crowded the area the plant is in depends on how large and how much nutrients it takes in. If it is too crowded then the plant competes with other organisms around it for f other space. How much space it gets is important because if other plants take up the space the plant may not see enough sunlight or nutrients from the soil.  

     "Winners" and "losers" are determined in this struggle by which plant grows larger and is more healthy or by which one survives. It may not always be clear who "wins" or who "loses" because it might not be  a one lives and one loses situation but can be determined be which one flourishes.     Neutralism: when both species benefit from interaction
     I think secondary succesion is taking place in the garden after last year's winter season.