Title: assemblage
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - assemblage
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14450
Status: current

Definition
Set of coexisting populations defined by phylogeny, location, or life style. Assemblages are intermediate between populations and communities.

Note
An operational definition is "species located in the same place at the same time".

Related Terms
- communities: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14531
- phylogeny: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14914
- populations: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14932

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 841 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14450/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14450/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14450/xml

Citation: Citation: 'assemblage' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14450
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