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170 | X. Glossary of terms
Associon - plant sociological term (Balogh 1953) that mirrors a zoocoeno¬
logical category
Autecology - ecology of an individual species as opposed to communities
(see synecology)
Autochthonous - describing an organism that is native to the place in which
it is found.
Autogenous — a process, or plant succession, produced independently of ex¬
ternal influence or aid
Biochor - used by Tischler (1947, 1950) for a microhabitat but also for a unit
greater in size than a biotope by Hesse (1924)
Biochorion - a microhabitat
Biocoen - the living components of an ecosystem and/or biocoenosis
Biocoenoid - relating to landscapes under human influence
Biocoenosis (plural biocoenoses) - all the living organisms that form a com¬
munity (plants, animals, etc.) living in a specific place at a certain time.
It represents more than just the list of animals in a certain plant asso¬
ciation, rather the interrelationships that bind the assemblage together
Biogeocoenosis - a concept above the biocoenosis that also includes all the
effective abiotic factors that influence it, and are responsible for its ap¬
pearance
Biogenetics - from biogenesis, the theory that all living organisms arise from
pre-existing life forms
Biome — biogeographical term for a major regional ecological complex of
communities (plant and animal) over large natural vegetation and cli¬
matic areas
Bionomics - the study of the mode of life of organisms in their natural hab¬
itat and their adaptations to their surroundings; syn. life history
Biontodynamics - an individual that provides material for functional stud¬
ies
Biontogeography - the spatial distribution of the semaphoront in a biolog¬
ical system
Bio-ontology - comprises the combination of individual- and communi¬
ty-level organismal studies
Biontostatics - comprising the promorphology, eidonomy and anatomy of
an organism
Bioregion - alternative descriptor for a zoon (Tischler 1947, 1950); a higher
unit of biotope characterised by its faunal assemblage
Bioroph - a vertical division of the biotope (Thalenhorst 1950, 1951), equiv¬
alent ofa stratum (Tischler 1947, 1950)
Biotope - alocation (of undefined extent) that has a necessary set of envi¬
ronmental conditions that provides a place to live for a certain species
or higher category of living organism
Catena (plural catenae) - a trophic chain, the basic unit ofa zoocoenosis de¬
fined by trophic association. It can comprise monophagous corrumpent,