biota

Definizione monolingua

biota

biota (plural biotas)

1. (biology) The living organisms of a region.
   • 2009 February 6, Andrew Z. Krug et al., “Signature of the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction in the Modern Biota”^[1], Science, volume 323, number 5915, DOI:10.1126/science.1164905, pages 767-771:?

     Although the broad macroevolutionary consequences of mass extinctions are well known (as in the dinosaurs-mammals changeover), their long-term effects on the temporal and spatial dynamics of clades and biotas are rarely investigated.

biota f.

1. feminine form of bioto

Definizione dizionario biota

	biota
	The total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period.

Altri significati:

(biology) The living organisms of a region.