Biotope vs Biota - What's the difference?
biotope | biota |
A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals
(figuratively) a context where someone feels 'naturally' at home, such as their field of professional or scientific expertise
(biology) The living organisms of a region.
* {{quote-journal, 2009, date=February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota, Science
, passage=Although the broad macroevolutionary consequences of mass extinctions are well known (as in the dinosaurs-mammals changeover), their long-term effects on the temporal and spatial dynamics of clades and biotas are rarely investigated. }}
As nouns the difference between biotope and biota
is that biotope is while biota is (biology) the living organisms of a region.biotope
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(wikipedia biotope)Noun
(en noun)biota
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