Is a population a community

Answer 1

In the systematic organization of an ecosystem, the smallest unit is an individual organism (e.g. maple tree), then a population which is a group of the same type of organism (e.g. all the maple trees in a given area.) The next most complex unit is a community, which is all the living things in a given area (a maple forest, including all plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms that live in the forest etc.). The largest unit is an ecosystem, which adds all the non-living components to the living things. So, not only the forest flora and fauna, but also the rain, the inorganic parts of the soil, solar radiation, etc.