Coenosis
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A group of organisms within a particular habitat or ecosystem, along with their interactions within that environment; the subset of an ecosystem that focuses solely on living (biotic) participants.
"The two processes cannot be separated; modification of species causes a change in phytocoenic and ecologic relations between the plants of a coenosis, and therefore create a new coenosis altogether; whereas modification of the coenosis entails in its turn a further evolution of species within the coenosis (i.e., phylocoenogenesis)."
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More examples"The two processes cannot be separated; modification of species causes a change in phytocoenic and ecologic relations between the plants of a coenosis, and therefore create a new coenosis altogether; whereas modification of the coenosis entails in its turn a further evolution of species within the coenosis (i.e., phylocoenogenesis)."
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