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Record 1 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

A branch of biology concerned with the study of natural communities and the interaction of the members of such a community.

CONT

From the viewpoint of biocenology the population, or biocenose, may be classified on the basis of the bond which is of primary importance in holding the population together as an ecological unit. (from: R.N. Chapman, "Animal Ecol.", 1931, ix. 203.)

OBS

Compare with "synecology".

Key term(s)
  • biocenotics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Science ayant pour objet les biocénoses, leur équilibre, la place et le rôle respectifs des diverses espèces en leur sein, et leur évolution sous l'action du milieu.

CONT

La biocénotique, ou «biocoenotique», correspond [...] à la synthèse de quatre grandes sciences : la systématique, l'écologie, l'éthologie et la chorologie.

Spanish

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