Synusia (plural Synusiae) is a term in plant ecology that refers to a layer of vegetation consisting of species with shared life forms. It has been compared with guilds in zoology.
The term synusia was introduced by Helmut Gams in 1918[1] although similar ideas were proposed using terms such as "Genossenschaften" (brotherhoods) and "Schicht" (society).[2][3] They have been defined as ecological groups of plants that share similarities in their life-form, share the same niche and play a similar role. They can be taxonomically different but have similar habitats.[4]
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- ^ Gams, H. (1918). "Prinzipienfragen der vegetationsforschung". Vierteljahrsschrift D. Nat. Gesell. Zurich. 63: 293–493.
- ^ Cain, Stanley A. (1936). "Synusiae as a Basis for Plant Sociological Field Work". The American Midland Naturalist. 17 (3): 665–672. doi:10.2307/2419943. ISSN 0003-0031. JSTOR 2419943.
- ^ Cain, Stanley A. (1939). "The Climax and Its Complexities". The American Midland Naturalist. 21 (1): 146–181. doi:10.2307/2420379. ISSN 0003-0031. JSTOR 2420379.
- ^ Richards, P. W. (1971), Eyre, S. R. (ed.), "The Structure of Tropical Rain Forest: Synusiae and Stratification", World Vegetation Types, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 25–40, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-15440-1_2, ISBN 978-0-333-11031-7, retrieved 2023-03-23
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