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List the different ways by which organisms cope or manage with a-biotic stresses in nature.

Answer 1

Biotic stress is stress that occurs as a result of damage done to an organism by other living organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, beneficial and harmful insects, weeds, and cultivated or native plants.[1] It is different from abiotic stress, which is the negative impact of non-living factors on the organisms such as temperature, sunlight, wind, salinity, flooding and drought.[2] The types of biotic stresses imposed on an organism depend the climate where it lives as well as the species' ability to resist particular stresses. Biotic stress remains a broadly defined term and those who study it face many challenges, such as the greater difficulty in controlling biotic stresses in an experimental context compared to abiotic stress.

Answer 2

Abiotic stress is defined as the negative impact of non-living factors on the living ... Abiotic stress, as a natural part of every ecosystem, will affect organisms in a variety of ways.

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