The Emergence Machine

Community (Ecology sense)

physical · Biology · Level 6 · E7

E7Ecosystems

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A community-eco is a living system or structure involving matter and organism, consisting of diverse organisms that interact and depend on each other for survival.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “community eco”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
community
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Community EcoAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAntL7Community EcoL6OrganismL4AnimalL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Ecological communities consist of diverse organisms that interact and depend on each other for survival.
  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    This is a specific animal; understanding what an animal is comes first

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