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Vagrancy (biology) (Phytogeography 🌱)

Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal appears well outside its normal range; they are known as vagrants. The term accidental is sometimes also used. There are a number of poorly understood factors which might cause an animal to become a vagrant, including internal causes such as n...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_(biology)

#Vagrancy #Phytogeography #WaywardAnimals #AnimalMigration #BiologyTerminology #EcologyTerminology

Vagrancy (biology) (Phytogeography 🌱)

Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal appears well outside its normal range; they are known as vagrants. The term accidental is sometimes also used. There are a number of poorly understood factors which might cause an animal to become a vagrant, including internal causes such as n...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_(biology)

#Vagrancy #Phytogeography #WaywardAnimals #AnimalMigration #BiologyTerminology #EcologyTerminology

Vagrancy (biology) (Phytogeography 🌱)

Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal appears well outside its normal range; they are known as vagrants. The term accidental is sometimes also used. There are a number of poorly understood factors which might cause an animal to become a vagrant, including internal causes such as n...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_(biology)

#Vagrancy #Phytogeography #WaywardAnimals #AnimalMigration #BiologyTerminology #EcologyTerminology

Permanent vegetative cover (Habitat 🌄)

Permanent vegetative cover refers to trees, perennial bunchgrasses and grasslands, legumes, and shrubs with an expected life span of at least 5 years. In the United States, permanent cover is required on cropland entered into the Conservation Reserve Program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_vegetative_cover

#PermanentVegetativeCover #Plants #Habitat #Habitats #PlantConservation #BiologyTerminology

Primary producer (Ecosystems 🏞️)

An autotroph is an organism that can convert abiotic sources of energy into energy stored in organic compounds, which can be used by other organisms. Autotrophs produce complex organic compounds using carbon from simple substances such as carbon dioxide, generally using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_producer

#PrimaryProducer #PlantNutrition #TrophicEcology #BiologyTerminology #AllPagesNeedingCleanup

Range state (Biogeography 🌍)

Range state is a term generally used in zoogeography and conservation biology to refer to any nation that exercises jurisdiction over any part of a range which a particular species, taxon or biotope inhabits, or crosses or overflies at any time on its normal migration route. The term is often expanded to also include, particularly in i...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_state

#RangeState #Biogeography #EndangeredSpecies #BiologyTerminology #ConservationBiology

Aerobic organism (Microbiology 🦠)

An aerobic organism or aerobe is an organism that can survive and grow in an oxygenated environment. The ability to exhibit aerobic respiration may yield benefits to the aerobic organism, as aerobic respiration yields more energy than anaerobic respiration. Energy production of the cell involves the synthesis of ATP by an enzyme called ATP...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobic_organism

#AerobicOrganism #Microbiology #BiologyTerminology #CellularRespiration

Patch dynamics (Habitat 🌄)

Patch dynamics is an ecological perspective that the structure, function, and dynamics of ecological systems can be understood through studying their interactive patches. Patch dynamics, as a term, may also refer to the spatiotemporal changes within and among patches that make up a landscape. Patch dynamics is ubiquitous in terrestria...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_dynamics

#PatchDynamics #Habitat #Habitats #Biogeography #LandscapeEcology #BiologyTerminology