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Ecological community means an assemblage of native species that inhabits a particular area in nature. A legislative definition is provided in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
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All the populations of living things that inhabit a given area. The term also is used to mean a collection of populations in a given area that potentially interact with each other.
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A naturally occurring group of organisms that live and interact together.
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biotic communities that are identified through a combination of parameters including species composition, structure and habitat.
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The species living together at a particular site.
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a group of two or more ecologically related species living in a defined area
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Collective group of organisms in an ecosystem.
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a collection of organisms occurring together in a location and interacting to varying degrees
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a group of native species occurring together in a particular place in nature
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a group of species (plants and animals) found together in a particular area, usually with similar soil, landscape and weather
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an aggregation of populations thar are interacting physically, chemically, and behavioral in the same place
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a variable assemblage of interacting plant and animal populations that share a common environment
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Assemblages of plants and animals, that have a relatively consistent composition, and structure. Collectively providing habitat for individual organisms. Similar to an ecosystem. Individuals and groups of biota in communities and ecosystems influence each other.
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The interaction of living organisms with their environment
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The living parts of an ecosystem. ('Community': Natural Heritage Charter) An assemblage of native species that inhabits a particular area in nature. ( EPBC Act)
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a term used in the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It is defined as 'an assemblage of native species that: (a) inhabits a particular area in nature; and (b) meets the additional criteria specified in the regulations (if any) made for the purposes of this definition.'
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