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Community ecology, study of the organization and functioning of communities, which are assemblages of interacting populations of the species living within a particular area or habitat. As populations of species interact with one another, they form biological communities.
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. The term community has a variety of uses.
27 kwi 2017 · A major community is the smallest ecological unit which is able to sustain itself and is self-regulating. These communities are usually relatively independent of other communities, for example a pond, a forest, a grassland or lake.
4 cze 2019 · Community ecology examines how coexisting organisms interact and compete in a particular niche or geographical location such as a woodland, prairie or a lake. Community ecology encompasses all populations of all species that live together in the same area.
An ecological community is a group of actually or potentially interacting species living in the same location. Communities are bound together by a shared environment and a network of influence...
community, in biology, an interacting group of various species in a common location. For example, a forest of trees and undergrowth plants, inhabited by animals and rooted in soil containing bacteria and fungi, constitutes a biological community. A brief treatment of biological communities follows. For full treatment, see Biosphere.
Communities are complex entities that can be characterized by their structure (the types and numbers of species present) and dynamics (how communities change over time). Understanding community structure and dynamics enables community ecologists to manage ecosystems more effectively.
