Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Biota  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The spectrum of different living organisms inhabiting a particular region, habitat, or biotope. A technical term that describes the organization of a biological community with respect to ecological interactions. These interactions include competition, mutualism, predation, and commensalism. The distribution and abundance of taxa in a biological or ecological community.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Biocenose
  • Biological Community
  • Biotic Community

In other languages

  • French

  • Biocénose
  • Biocoenose
  • Communauté biologique
  • Communauté biotique

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-C2QD6TG5-W

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/25/10, last modified 7/8/13