What is "biota" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does biota mean in English? Meaning of biota definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "biota" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "biota": all the plant and animal life of a particular region

Noun

  • Meaning: all the plant and animal life of a particular region
  • Synonyms: biology biota
  • Hypernyms: accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
  • Member Holonyms: botany fauna flora vegetation zoology
  • Adjective: (biology) The living organisms of a region. 2009 February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., “Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota”[1], Science, volume 323, number 5915, DOI:10.1126/science.1164905, pages 767-771:  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.2009 February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., “Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota”[1], Science, volume 323, number 5915, DOI:10.1126/science.1164905, pages 767-771:  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.
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