Biota (ecology)
For other uses, see Biota.
A biota is the total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period, from local geographic scales and instantaneous temporal scales all the way up to whole-planet and whole-timescale spatiotemporal scales. The biotas of the Earth make up the biosphere.
See also
Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota.
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