What has become of our cenosis? For a renewed cenology

By

Vincent, Benoit

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-12-31

Original Publication

Plant sociology

Volume

58

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

29--40

Subjects

biocenotics , biocoenotics , biotic community , cenosis , coenosis , epistemology , Phytosociology

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pavia Società italiana di scienza della vegetazione 2012-2019

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/pls2021582/03

 

Abstract

An opinion paper that tries to show that the concept of cenosis has been withheld over time, seeks to understand the reason why, and aims to rehabilitate it. Different definitions of biological and ecological communities types are then proposed. Finally, the paper presents some possible paths for a renewed science of cenosis (or cenology, or biocenotics).