biotic community
1
5.5
- noun
- /baɪˈɒtɪk kəˈmjunɪti/
- Specialized
:
comunidad biótica
- A coral reef is a vibrant and diverse biotic community that supports many marine species.
- resulting in biotic community
Examples
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Humans can have surprising and profound effects on how natural disturbances affect biotic communities.
Academic text (1993) -
A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.
Academic text (1998) -
"In biotic communities, the edge is where things happen.
Fiction book (1991) -
This structure creates unusual and complex water relationships for the biotic communities of the coast.
Academic text (1993) -
The answer lies in examining the natural biotic community.
Academic text (1992) -
In traditional societies, past and present, that whole included the biotic communities and the land they inhabited.
Academic text (2005) -
Low-density residential developments influence biotic communities.
Academic text (2001) -
For example, montane and lowland habitats support distinct biotic communities and dynamics.
Academic text (2001) -
Storms are the preeminent natural disturbance influencing the biotic communities of these coasts.
Academic text (1993) -
Species go extinct and colonize sites, and there are spatial changes in the habitat resulting in biotic communities assembled through environmental filters.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
98
3.4
A community of living things and the environment that work together
38
2.8
A group of plants and animals that live and interact in the same area
1
9.3
All the plants and animals living in a particular place
1
5.8
All the living things in a place and how they interact with each other and their environment
How Interdependent
- Specialized
2
6.9
- Specialized
98
3.4
- Specialized
1
5.5
- Specialized
218
2.7
∞
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional compound: 'biotic' (relating to living organisms) + 'community' (an assemblage of interacting species) yields the ecological meaning directly. Though somewhat specialized, the sense follows normal English compounding and is predictable for a learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Biotic community uses biotic, meaning 'living', and community, a group that lives together, so imagine a small village of plants, animals and fungi as neighbours. They help and affect each other, so the phrase means 'a group of living things in one area that interact'.