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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. 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.