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  2. Community (ecology) - Wikipedia

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    A bear with a salmon. Interspecific interactions such as predation are a key aspect of community ecology.. In ecology, a community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at the same time, also known as a biocoenosis, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, or life assemblage.

  3. Ethnoecology - Wikipedia

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    Ecology is the study of the interactions between living organisms and their environment; enthnoecology applies a human focused approach to this subject. [2] The development of the field lies in applying indigenous knowledge of botany and placing it in a global context.

  4. Ecology - Wikipedia

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    Community ecology is the study of the interactions among a collection of species that inhabit the same geographic area. Community ecologists study the determinants of patterns and processes for two or more interacting species. Research in community ecology might measure species diversity in grasslands in relation to soil fertility. It might ...

  5. Ecological classification - Wikipedia

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    Ecological classification or ecological typology is the classification of land or water into geographical units that represent variation in one or more ecological features. . Traditional approaches focus on geology, topography, biogeography, soils, vegetation, climate conditions, living species, habitats, water resources, and sometimes also anthropic factors.

  6. Biogeography - Wikipedia

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    Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. [1]

  7. Metacommunity - Wikipedia

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    An ecological metacommunity is a set of interacting communities which are linked by the dispersal of multiple, potentially interacting species. [1] [2] [3] The term is derived from the field of community ecology, which is primarily concerned with patterns of species distribution, abundance and interactions.

  8. Association (ecology) - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 181 The term was first coined by Alexander von Humboldt [1]: 16 and formalised by the International Botanical Congress in 1910. [1]: 182 [2] An association can be viewed as a real, integrated entity shaped either by species interactions or by similar habitat requirements, or it can be viewed as merely a common point along a continuum.

  9. Category:Community ecology - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Community ecology" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Appalachian balds;