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→About Environmental Factors and Communities
: Drought is an [[Abiotic Environmental Factors|abiotic factor]] which can cause [[plant]]s to grow more slowly. This leads to the [[Primary Consumer|primary consumer]]s dying from starvation when there is not enough food. This will briefly create more food for the [[Secondary Consumer|secondary consumers]] but will then reduce when the [[population]] of [[Primary Consumer|primary consumer]]s has decreased.
: Flooding is an [[Abiotic Environmental Factors|abiotic factor]] which can drown [[animal]]s which may reduce the number of [[Primary Consumer|primary consumer]]s allowing more [[producer]]s to grow, without being eaten, after the flooding.
: [[Disease]] is a [[Biotic Environmental FactorFactors|biotic factor]] which can lower the [[population]] of a specific [[organism]] within a [[Biological Community|community]]. This will have an effect on other [[organism]]s in the [[Biological Community|community]] due to the [[Feeding Relationship|feeding relationships]] between them. If a [[disease]] reduces a [[population]] then the [[population]] of the [[organism]] that eats it will decrease while the [[population]] of [[organism]]s that are eaten by it will increase.