单词	refugium
释义	refugium /rɪˈfjuːdʒɪəm / noun (plural refugia /rɪˈfjuːdʒɪə/) Biology An area in which a population of organisms can survive through a period of unfavourable conditions, especially glaciation.During the Quaternary glaciations, cork oak may have survived in scattered refugia which possessed favourable microclimate conditions, and from which post-glacial colonization occurred over recent millennia.... We suggest that the shallow epicratonic platform area of the Canadian Shield may have served as a refugium for relatively archaic taxa. The authors hypothesized their common origin from an Atlantic refugium after the last glaciation. Origin 1950s: from Latin, literally 'place of refuge'.
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