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Vagrancy (biology) (Phytogeography 🌱)

Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal appears well outside its normal range; such an animal is a vagrant. 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 ...

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

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

Flora (Habitat 🌄)

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.

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

#Flora #Habitat #Organisms #EcologyTerminology #BotanicalNomenclature

Plant cover (Ecology 🏞️)

The abundances of plant species are often measured by plant cover, which is the relative area covered by different plant species in a small plot. Plant cover is not biased by the size and distributions of individuals, and is an important and often measured characteristic of the composition of plant communities.

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

#PlantCover #Ecology #EcologicalMetrics #EcologyTerminology

Plant litter (Ecology 🏞️)

Plant litter is dead plant material that has fallen on the top layer of soil, commonly known as the litter layer or O-horizon. Plant litter typically becomes detritus and releases nutrients into the soil when decomposed, and also forms a loose layer of covering that preserves soil moisture, reduces soil erosion and provides concealment ...

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

#PlantLitter #Ecology #Habitat #SoilImprovers #BiologyTerminology #EcologyTerminology

Pioneer species (Botany 🌱)

Pioneer species are resilient species that are the first to colonize barren environments, or to repopulate disrupted biodiverse steady-state ecosystems as part of ecological succession. Various kinds of events can create good conditions for pioneers, including disruption by natural disasters, such as wildfire, flood, mudsl...

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

#PioneerSpecies #Botany #ForestEcology #RuderalSpecies #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession

Flora (Organisms 🐞)

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.

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

#Flora #Habitat #Organisms #EcologyTerminology #BotanicalNomenclature

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

Fauna is all the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" o...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Flora (Organisms 🐞)

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.

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

#Flora #Habitat #Organisms #EcologyTerminology #BotanicalNomenclature

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

The Fauna is the whole of animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

The Fauna is the whole of animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology)

#Disturbance #Habitat #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession #EnvironmentalTerminology

Flora (Organisms 🐞)

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.

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

#Flora #Habitat #Organisms #EcologyTerminology #BotanicalNomenclature

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

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

The Fauna is the whole of animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Flora (Organisms 🐞)

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.

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

#Flora #Habitat #Organisms #EcologyTerminology #BotanicalNomenclature

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

The Fauna is the whole of animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology)

#Disturbance #Habitat #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession #EnvironmentalTerminology

Depauperate ecosystem (Habitat 🌄)

A depauperate ecosystem is an ecosystem characterized by low species richness or species diversity. Such ecosystems will have short or simplified food chains and low trophic complexity compared to those with higher biodiversity, often due to low resource availability. However, this simplicity also means that colonizing species may be able to e...

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

#DepauperateEcosystem #Habitat #Ecosystems #EcologyTerminology

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

The Fauna is the whole of animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Foster's rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on sm...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster's_rule

#FosterSRule #AnimalSize #InsularEcology #EcogeographicRules #EcologyTerminology #EvolutionaryBiology

Depauperate ecosystem (Habitat 🌄)

A depauperate ecosystem is an ecosystem characterized by low species richness or species diversity. Such ecosystems will have short or simplified food chains and low trophic complexity compared to those with higher biodiversity, often due to low resource availability. However, this simplicity also means that colonizing species may be able to e...

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

#DepauperateEcosystem #Habitat #Ecosystems #EcologyTerminology

Ecological succession (Habitat 🌄)

Ecological succession is the process of how species compositions change in an ecological community over time. The two main categories of ecological succession are primary succession and secondary succession. Primary succession occurs after the initial colonization of a newly created habitat with no living org...

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

#EcologicalSuccession #Habitat #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalProcesses #EnvironmentalTerminology

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Island rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small i...

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

#IslandRule #AnimalSize #InsularEcology #EcogeographicRules #EcologyTerminology #EvolutionaryBiology

Ecological succession (Habitat 🌄)

Ecological succession is the process of how species compositions change in an ecological community over time. The two main categories of ecological succession are primary succession and secondary succession. Primary succession occurs after the initial colonization of a newly created habitat with no living org...

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

#EcologicalSuccession #Habitat #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalProcesses #EnvironmentalTerminology

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Flora (Organisms 🐞)

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.

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

#Flora #Habitat #Organisms #EcologyTerminology #BotanicalNomenclature

Island rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small i...

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

#IslandRule #AnimalSize #InsularEcology #EcogeographicRules #EcologyTerminology #EvolutionaryBiology

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Foster's rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on sm...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster's_rule

#FosterSRule #AnimalSize #InsularEcology #EcogeographicRules #EcologyTerminology #EvolutionaryBiology

Fauna (Organisms 🐞)

Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora, and for fungi, it is funga. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the...

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

#Fauna #Organisms #AnimalEcology #EcologyTerminology

Alpha diversity (Biodiversity 🦗)

In ecology, alpha diversity is the mean species diversity in a site at a local scale. The term was introduced by R. H. Whittaker together with the terms beta diversity and gamma diversity. Whittaker's idea was that the total species diversity in a landscape is determined by two different things, the mean species diversity in sites at a more local scale and the di...

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

#AlphaDiversity #Biodiversity #EcologyTerminology

Urban evolution (Habitat 🌄)

Urban evolution refers to the heritable genetic changes of populations in response to urban development and anthropogenic activities in urban areas. Urban evolution can be caused by mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, or evolution by natural selection. Biologists have observed evolutionary change in numerous species compared to ...

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

#UrbanEvolution #City #Habitat #CommunityEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalProcesses