Community (ecology)

A well-defined assemblage of populations inhabiting a common environment.  Communities are usually named with reference to a dominant species’ feature (e.g., a community of rhesus monkeys) or a prominent physical feature (e.g., a community of mountain dwellers).

See Cohort, Community survey, Competitive exclusion model, Ecology, Habitat (ecology), Levels of organization, Niche (ecology), Population (biology and ecology)