All of the natural living organisms in a planning area and their life processes A resource classification category which subdivides the natural resources and properties into either the biotic or the abiotic (nonliving) entities and characteristics Human activities are not usually grouped with either of these categories because they are not considered to be a part of a planning area's natural entities or characteristics Nevertheless, native cultures have been actively influencing the course of biotic activity in some areas for centuries
Of or pertaining to living organisms (Term added 1993 See related: indicator, condition indicator, abiotic, stressor indicator Biotic condition indicator replaces: "response indicator ")
Having to do with life or living things; produced by or involving living organisms; Biotic factors are all the living things that directly, or indirectly, affect the environment Biotic factors interact in nutritional relationships and symbiotic relationships (Dictionary of Science)