The natural world is a finely-tuned balance of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components that shape our environments. Various biotic factors directly affect processes like population growth, ...

Biotic close bioticLiving elements of an ecosystem, such as plants and animals. factors are interactions associated with living organisms. Competition will occur between organisms in an ecosystem ...

Animals compete for food, water and space to live. Plants compete for light, water, minerals and root space.

Our research expands to the study of plant stress perception and signalling, including both abiotic and biotic factors. Research Environment Our group belongs to the Research Council of Finland-funded ...