Definition of Biocoenosis

1. Noun. (biology) A community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biocoenosis

1. [n -NOSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biocoenosis

biocides
bioclast
bioclastic
bioclean
bioclimate
bioclimates
bioclimatic
bioclimatology
bioclimosequence
bioclimosequences
biocoenological
biocoenologically
biocoenology
biocoenose
biocoenoses
biocoenosis (current term)
biocombinatorial
biocombinatorially
biocombinatorics
biocommerce
biocommunities
biocommunity
biocompatibilities
biocompatibility
biocompatible
biocompatible materials
biocomponent
biocomponents
biocomposite
biocomposites

Literary usage of Biocoenosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"For the development of the distinctive features of the cold- loving animals and plants, likewise of the biocoenosis as a whole, there must have been a ..."

2. Guide to the Study of Animal Ecology by Charles Christopher Adams (1913)
"... it must be studied not in isolation but as a member of a community, association of animals, or a biocoenosis, as he called these interrelated organisms. ..."

3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1873)
"Rearrangement of living particles, whereby they) , ... , - . , j . r biocoenosis. become fitted for independent existence, -) "5. Life transmission by the ..."

4. Convergence in Evolution by Arthur Willey (1911)
"... 134 biocoenosis, 114 Birds, 89, 123, 151 Birgus, 18 Blenny, 140 Boake, B., 131, 141 Boeke, J., 136 Bois-Reymond, E. du, 51 Boulenger, CL, 132 Boveri, ..."

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