"biocenose". This remains a key term in synecology (community ecology). In 1888 Möbius became the director of the Zoological Collections of the Natural History Museum of Berlin, and Professor of Systematic and Geographical Zoology at the Kaiser Wilhelm University, Berlin, where he taught until he retired in 1905, at the age of 80. Throughout his career, Möbius supported educational institutions such as the Berlin Urania and efforts to spread knowledge about the natural sciences. Among his students were Friedrich Junge and Friedrich Dahl. References and external links Karl August Möbius (1825–1908) 1825 births 1908 deaths People from Eilenburg People from the Province of Saxony 19th-century German zoologists German ecologists Scientists active at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin Academic staff of the University of Kiel