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biotaBiota (ger.)

  • A collective term for the animal and plant life of a region. (OED)
    biosphere
    1901
    [we need a term] which will not only designate the total of animal and plant life of a given region or period. As such a term I would suggest biota
    Stejneger, L. (1901). Scharff’s history of the European fauna. Amer. Nat. 35, 87-116: 89.
    1982

    biota The total flora and fauna of a given area; bios.    

    Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 34.

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