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biotic factor

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noun

Ecology.

  1. a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem.

    How do humans affect other biotic factors?

    Weather is not a biotic factor because it is not alive.

Etymology

Origin of biotic factor

First recorded in 1900–05

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A biotic factor is any other living thing with which an organism might interact.

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