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Botany : Principles of Plant Ecology : Glossary

Botany : Principles of Plant Ecology

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Antibiosis: An association of two organisms which is harmful to one of them.

 

Biome: A major regional community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions.

 

Biosphere: The envelope containing all living organisms on earth.

 

Community: A group of organism living in the same place.

 

Flora: The kinds of plants in region

 

Frugivores: Fruit eating organisms

 

Hekistotherms: (Temperature less than 70°C) Where very low temperature prevails and the dominant vegetation is alpine vegetation.

 

Landscape: The visible features of an area of land.

 

Lianes: Twining vines with woody stems, common in forest of warm climate.

 

Megatherms: (Temperature more than 240°C) Where high temperature prevails throughout the year and the dominant vegetation is tropical rain forest.

 

Mesotherms: (Temperature ranges between 170°C and 240°C) Where high temperature alternates with low temperature and the dominant vegetation is tropical deciduous forest.

 

Microtherms: (Temperature ranges between 70°C and 170°C) Where low temperature prevails and the dominant vegetation is mixed coniferous forest.

 

Population: A group of individuals of a single species.

 

Scotoactive type of stomata: Stomata opens during night in succulent plants and closes during the day.

 

Vivipary: When seeds or embryos begin to develop before they detach from the parent.


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