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Define Community.
Solution
A community of living things is a collection of individuals from several species that inhabit the same region or environment and interact through competition, predation, mutualism, and other means. Communities are named for one of their prominent species (such as a pine community) or the area's major physical qualities. A biotic community is made up of three subunits: animal, plant, and microbial communities.
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