Effect of physical environment on the Biotic Community: A biotic community needs non-living or abiotic components which are obtained from the physical environment which includes soil, oxygen, mineral nutrients, humidity, sunlight, temperature etc. There are different environments in different parts of the earth. Therefore, animal and plant communities also differ from region to region. In any region, only those animals and plants can live which are adapted to that environment. Examples- A community containing fruit-bearing plants consists of many fruit-eating bats and insects. In a grassland, only seed-eating birds, mice, predatory birds living on other animals lower down in the … Continue reading Describe the effect of physical environment on the biotic community?