Biogeography

Biogeography

The study of geographic distribution of living organisms.

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life table

Biology; Biogeography

A summary by age of the survivorship and fecundity in a population, usually of females.

life history

Biology; Biogeography

A system of interrelated adaptive traits forming a set of reproductive tactics.

measurement bias

Biology; Biogeography

A systematic under- or overestimation of the true values due to a difference between the actual measurement and what one intends to measure.

minimum viable population

Biology; Biogeography

A threshold number of individuals that will ensure (with some probability level) that a population will persist in a viable state for a given interval of time.

point transect

Biology; Biogeography

A transect along which the point count method is used. No recordings are made between stations (as opposed to strip transects with continuous recordings).

A Western Hemisphere program designed to conserve neotropical migratory birds and officially endorsed by numerous federal and state agencies and nongovernment organizations. Also known as Neotropical ...