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| agent abiotique | abiotic cause |
| agent abiotique | abiotic agent |
| dégradabilité abiotique | abiotic degradability |
| dégradation abiotique | non-biological degradation |
| facteur abiotique | abiotic factor Physical, chemical and other non-living environmental factors. They are essential for living plants and animals of an ecosystem, providing the essential elements and nutrients that are necessary for growth. The abiotic elements also include the climatic and pedologic components of the ecosystem |
| milieu abiotique | abiotic environment The non-living components of the environment (rocks, minerals, soil, water and climate) |
| milieux biotiques et abiotiques | biota and abiota |