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A biotope is an area of homogeneous environmental conditions providing living space for a specific assemblage of organisms. Biotope is almost synonymous with the term habitat, but while the subject of a habitat is a species or a population, the subject of a biotope is a biological community.
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Amils, R. (2015). Biotope. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5_194
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