It's 30 years since Crowley began his radio career, as a co-presenter on Radio 1's In Concert programme. He had joined the BBC from NME, then the New Musical Express, where he took over on reception from Danny Baker, who had been appointed as a staff writer, alongside Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill.
Answers: Biotic Factors Biotic, meaning of or related to life, are living factors. Plants, animals, fungi, protist and bacteria are all biotic or living factors. Abiotic Factors Abiotic, meaning not alive, are nonliving factors that affect living organisms.
What are biotic and abiotic factors? Biotic components are living organisms in an ecosystem. A biotic factor is a living organism that affects another organism in its ecosystem. Examples include plants and animals that the organism consumes as food, and animals that consume the organism. The following video covers the biotic and abiotic factors that influence most ecosystems, and introduces key vocabulary relevant to ecology: