It seems appropriate, therefore, to use the term "coenogeny" to indicate the origin and evolution of a "coen" or the assemblage of all sympatric organisms as a whole.
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It seems appropriate, therefore, to use the term "coenogeny" to indicate the origin and evolution of a "coen" or the assemblage of all sympatric organisms as a whole.
Leppik, E.E. (1974). Phylogeny, hologeny, and coenogeny, basic concepts of environmental biology. Acta Biotheor. 23, 170-93: 173.