Concept information
Preferred term
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Definition
- A community is a group of populations of plants and animals in a given place or an ecological unit used in a broad sense to include groups of various sizes and degrees of integration. Community structure can refer to the physical structure or to the biological structure of a community. The physical structure is what one sees when looking at a community. For example, in a forest, a primary structure is imposed by large trees, and a secondary structure is the understory trees and shrubs. Biological structure involves species composition and abundance, temporal changes in communities, and relationships between species in a community. (en)
Broader concept
- COMMUNITY DYNAMICS (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/f42c849c-7113-4c69-a01e-52ebc5e7b44d
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