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A local group of interdependent plants and animals that are often found together: A biotic community exists when living things of different species live together in the same region and depend on one another in order to thrive successfully.
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The part of an organism's environment produced by its interaction with other organisms: The biotic environment of a living thing involves its surroundings in relationship and interaction with other organisms.
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1. An organic variable affecting an ecosystem: One biotic factor relates to the changing population of elephants and its effect on the African savanna.
2. A circumstance created by a living thing or any living component within an environment in which the action of the organism affects the life of another organism, for example, when a predator consumes its prey in a quail’s environment: The biotic factors include the living elements of the environment, such as the quail’s prey: insects, seeds, etc., and the quail’s predators, the coyotes.
2. A circumstance created by a living thing or any living component within an environment in which the action of the organism affects the life of another organism, for example, when a predator consumes its prey in a quail’s environment: The biotic factors include the living elements of the environment, such as the quail’s prey: insects, seeds, etc., and the quail’s predators, the coyotes.
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