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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
ideal free distribution
Zoology; Zoological terms
The distribution of individuals across resource patches of different intrinsic quality that equalizes the net rate of gain of each when competition is taken into account.
imago
Zoology; Zoological terms
The fourth, or adult, stage in the life of certain insects, such as the butterfly or moth.
immature
Zoology; Zoological terms
A yong bird no longer under parental care but not yet old enough to breed; a bird that is not yet fully adult
imprinting
Zoology; Zoological terms
The tendency of young animals to follow the first moving thing they see. In the wild, this is usually the mother, but in captivity, where the mother may not be the first thing they see, they might ...
incubation patch
Zoology; Zoological terms
A defeathered area on the lower abdomen in which the skin has thickened and become rich with blood vessels
inhibition
Zoology; Zoological terms
The suppression of a colonizing population by another that is already established, especially during successional sequences.
insectivore
Zoology; Zoological terms
Used as a term of classification, this word denotes an insect-eating mammal of the Order Insectovira (such as the shrew). The word is more generally used of any insectivorous creature (such as the ...
