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Populations do not exist as isolated entities in a physical environment. They interact with other biological populations on a regular long term basis and, because of these interactions, often coevolve as an ecological unit. An assemblage of two of more biotic populations is called a community. The simplest structure, one composed of two species, and the possible interactions between these two components will be discussed first. These would not be considered communities in the classical ecological literature, but I will be consistent in using this term whenever species interactions are involved.
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Hallam, T.G. (1986). Community Dynamics in a Homogeneous Environment. In: Hallam, T.G., Levin, S.A. (eds) Mathematical Ecology. Biomathematics, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69888-0_10
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