Community Ecology

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4 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Community Ecology.

• Association (ecology) — The basic phytosociological vegetation unit defined by a recurring species composition, physiognomy and habitat, commonly named through diagnostic taxa.
• Competition–colonization trade-off — Explain coexistence in patchy environments when species that dominate occupied patches disperse or establish less effectively than species that rapidly colonize vacancies.
• Functional group (ecology) — A set of organisms grouped by similar ecological effects, resource use, traits, or roles rather than common ancestry alone.
• Pollination network — A bipartite ecological network whose two node sets are flowering plants and pollinators and whose links represent observed or inferred pollination interactions.