Association (ecology)

Association (ecology)

An association is the "ultimate classification level" of ecological systems. Local conditions permit several understory species to coexist with the same overstory dominants, and associations refer to the many co-occurring species rather than just the few dominant ones.

Associations have:
#A relatively fixed floristic composition
#A relatively uniform physiognomy
#A tendency to occur in a consistent type of localized habitat

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