Question

What is the relationship between an individual and a community?

What characteristics define a population?
Why is the distinction between a community and an ecosystem important to ecologists?

Review
Define species.
What is an ecosystem?
Define population. How is a population different from a community?

Answer 1

A population is a group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another. A community is all of the populations of different species that live in the same area and interact with one another.