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Record 1 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Any environmental influence of living organisms, e.g. shading by trees, trampling by heavy animals, firing by man, in contrast to inanimate, i.e. abiotic, particularly climatic and edaphic, influences.

OBS

The influence of man alone is termed anthropogenic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

Parmi les facteurs du milieu susceptibles d'interagir avec les plantes, les facteurs biotiques, et en particulier les microorganismes, les insectes et les nématodes, présentent un intérêt particulier. Ces travaux sont étroitement liés à des problématiques concernant la biologie du développement ou à la signalisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Factor ecológico asociado a la presencia o actividad de organismos vivos.

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