biotic
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6.8
- adjective
- /baɪˈɑtɪk/
- Specialized
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biótico
- Besides predation, the dominant biotic factor influencing community structure on Caribbean coral reefs is competition.
- biotic community
- biotic response
- biotic diversity
If you can do that, well, then you've created the perfectly symbiotic, well, singular, one way biotic, narcissistic relationship.
- If you can do that, well, then you've created the perfectly symbiotic, well, singular, one way biotic, narcissistic relationship.
Examples
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Terrestrial plants have a much wider array of biotic and abiotic dispersal agents available.
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In addition, winter disturbances can operate indirectly by changing biotic interactions, such as competition.
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The level of expertise on climate change and biotic responses to climate change varied.
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Because each level and element contributes to biotic variety and value, all are appropriate targets of conservation.
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Diversity can be maintained even though sweeping changes in the biotic composition of a community occur.
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Scientists with climate-related expertise predict greater biotic impacts of climate change.
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Human-induced changes in biotic systems frequently are more rapid and severe than those occurring naturally.
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All of these changes in the landscape recalibrate the biotic prism through which fire is transmitted.
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The metacommunity concept focuses on structural and biotic processes that emerge at local and regional scales of organization.
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The scientists studied the biotic factors that influence the growth of grass in the field.
Synonyms
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3.5
Connected with living things or the science that studies them
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4.2
About how plants and animals live with their environment
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7.7
Made by living things or needed for life processes
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4.9
Relating to living things and how they work
Comes from living things, like shells and tiny sea plants and animals
About how living things and their environment affect each other
Relating to how living things and their surroundings affect each other
About how plants and animals live in and use their environment
Connected with the study of how living things interact with their environment
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.5
A group of plants, animals, and other living things that live in the same place and depend on each other
How Living
Surface Forms
Morphology
biotic = biota (semi-transparent) = biot + ic
Formed with the combining form 'biot-' (life) + adjectival '-ic'; learners who know bio-/biology will see the connection, but 'biot-' is not a standalone common English word.
Etymology
Biotic comes from the Greek root bios, which means 'life' and appears in common words like biology and biography. So biotic describes the 'living' parts of an ecosystem or things caused by living organisms.