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Community

Definition

In biology, a community refers to all the populations that live and interact within an area at a given time.

Related terms

Population Biology: The study of population characteristics and how they interact with their environment.

Ecology: The branch of biology that deals with relationships between organisms and their physical surroundings.

Habitat: The natural home or environment where an organism lives.



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