<span>Biotic factors are the living components of an
ecosystem. They are sorted into three groups: producers or autotrophs,
consumers or heterotrophs, and decomposers or detritivores.</span>
Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes, flora, fauna and ecosystems in forests.
A forest ecosystem is a natural woodland unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in that area functioning together with all of the non-living physical factors of the environment.
