Search results for:  environment
 

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environment The sum total of all the external conditions which surround organisms. See also: habitat, site.

environmental clock The influence of surroundings in initiating activities of organisms or certain processes, such as longer days initiating egg laying in birds.

environmental heterogeneity The physical or temporal patchiness of the environment, created by disturbances like fire and storms, microclimates, soils, history, and random population variation.

environmental impact A statement regarding new construction and the consequences it will have on the ecology of the area.

environmental resistance The limiting influences of environmental factors upon the increase in numbers of individuals in a community. See also: biotic potential, reproductive potential.

biotic environment All living things found in the environment of an organism or community.

ecad (syn. ecophene, syn. environmental form) 1. A habitat form. 2. An organism showing somatic adaptations to a certain environment that are not hereditary. See also: phenotype, ecotype.

fitness of environment The suitability of a habitat for preserving life.

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