microhabitat
/mahy-kroh-hab-i-tat/US // ˌmaɪ kroʊˈhæb ɪˌtæt //UK // (ˌmaɪkrəʊˈhæbɪtæt) //
微型栖息地,微生境,微型生境,微观生境
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
Examples
Rarer species in microhabitats, such as a single valley or a specific island, “typically need much more,” Venter says.
By attaching the leaves together, the spiders are creating cool and dark microhabitats that would be desirable in a dry, searing environment with plenty of predatory birds, Fulgence says.
The moist soil and litter on the forest floor is an important microhabitat for fossorial and strictly terrestrial species.
Small box turtles occupy the same microhabitat as do the adults and seem not to be more aquatic or subterranean in habits.
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