Talk:Biota (ecology)

Latest comment: 17 years ago by Peftypefty in topic Merger from biota (taxonomy)

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Should this include the other grouping like fungi, bacteria, viruses which are not technically plants or animals? --Salix alba (talk) 11:24, 13 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Yeah. My guess is that whoever wrote the article was accustomed to the obsolete division of all life into Plantae and Animalia, and thought their wording would actually clearly be inclusive of all organisms. Ventifact 23:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Merger from biota (taxonomy)

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As far as I can see the two concepts are basically the same, except that one is (trying to be) a formalised taxon. Biota is (are?) biota, whether treated as a taxon or otherwise. I thought the possibility of "biota" being a taxon could probably be covered in a sentence or two here, rather than having an article of its own. --Stemonitis 15:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Since discussion seems to have died, I have removed the merge tags for now. Quarl (talk) 2007-02-26 02:59Z