The Emergence Machine

Biotic Factor

abstract · Ecology · Level 9 · E8

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Emergence definition

Living organisms within an ecosystem, including plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms that interact and affect each other.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “biotic factor” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “biotic factor”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
biotic factor
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Biotic factor: The energy and matter exchanged or transformed among living organisms and their environment through interactions, influencing ecosystem dynamics and processes.
  • Abiotic Factor L8 (requires)
    abiotic factor is a core concept needed to understand biotic factor