What is the biological definition for survival?

[JimmyRay]

What is the biological definition for survival? What does an organism need to survive?

 

[James R]

Survival is just living rather than dying. There's no special biological definition.

What is needed to live? It depends on the organism. Too much carbon dioxide will kill a human being, but plants need carbon dioxide.

 

[DocToxyn]

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=104046" has some thoughts on what is required for survival.

 

[Phobos]

I suppose you could distinguish between the survival of an individual vs. a species...or even for a single gene. My handy dandy biology dictionary has this to offer...

Survival Value - The nature or degree of the effectiveness of a given characteristic in promoting the organism's ability to contribute offspring to the future generation.