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In Biology and Ecology, a resource is a substance or object in the environment 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. For plants key resources are light, nutrients, water, and place to grow. For animals key resources are food, water, and territory.

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Key resources for plants

Terrestrial plants require particular resources for photosynthesis and to complete their life cycle of germination, growth, reproduction, and dispersal:

Key resources for animals

Animals resources particular resources for metabolism and to complete their life cycle of gestation, birth, growth, and reproduction:

Resources and ecological processes

Resource availability plays a central role in ecological processes:

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