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Preferred term

community ecology

Definition

Community ecologists study the interactions between species in communities on many spatial and temporal scales, including the distribution, structure, abundance, demography, and interactions between coexisting populations. The primary focus of community ecology is on the interactions between populations as determined by specific genotypic and phenotypic characteristics. (wikipedia)

Broader concept

ecology

Narrower concepts

community dynamics
successional dynamics
trophic dynamics
trophic interaction

Contributor

0000-0002-3656-417X

Creator

0000-0003-0631-8231

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/45

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Created 2/21/13, last modified 6/18/18

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