单词 | stenotopic |
释义 | stenotopicadj. Ecology. Of an organism: tolerant of only a restricted range of habitats or ecological conditions. Opposed to eurytopic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [adjective] > limited to restricted habitat stenotherm1888 topopolitan1897 stenobathic1902 stenothermic1926 stenohaline1930 stenotopic1937 stenohydric1953 1937 W. C. Allee & K. P. Schmidt Hesse's Ecol. Animal Geogr. viii. 121 A subspecies, species, genus, family, etc., that inhabits a small range may be referred to as stenotopic, one with a wide range as eurytopic. 1949 J. H. Kenneth Henderson's Dict. Sci. Terms (ed. 4) Stenotopic, having a restricted range of geographical distribution. 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 546 This species is also stenotopic; it needs exposed rocky shores, but where the wave-action is not too strong. 1976 Nature 24 June 695/1 A major terminal extinction event..will tend selectively to eliminate the larger, more specialised, more stenotopic species. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2018). > as lemmasstenotopic stenotopic adj. Brit. , U.S. [Greek τόπος place] Biology (see quot. 1949).ΚΠ 1949 J. H. Kenneth Henderson's Dict. Sci. Terms (ed. 4) Stenotopic, having a restricted range of geographical distribution. 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 546 This species is also stenotopic; it needs exposed rocky shores, but where the wave-action is not too strong. 1976 Nature 24 June 695/1 A major terminal extinction event..will tend selectively to eliminate the larger, more specialised, more stenotopic species. < as lemmas |
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