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macrohabitat

macrohabitat noun: a relatively large habitat, that contains multiple environments and multiple types of organism.

Noun

macrohabitat (plural macrohabitats)

  1. A relatively large habitat, that contains multiple environments and multiple types of organism
    • 3) Stages of radiation: All else being equal, the following sequence of the diversification events is expected: (i) divergence with respect to macrohabitat; (ii) evolution of microhabitat choice and divergence with respect to microhabitat; (iii) divergence with respect to traits that simultaneously...2009 February 6, Sergey Gavrilets, Jonathan B. Losos, “Adaptive Radiation: Contrasting Theory with Data”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 732–737

Forms of macrohabitat

pluralmacrohabitats

Origin of macrohabitat

From macro- + habitat.

Questions about macrohabitat

What does macrohabitat mean?
Macrohabitat means a relatively large habitat, that contains multiple environments and multiple types of organism.
What part of speech is macrohabitat?
Macrohabitat is a noun.
What is the plural of macrohabitat?
The plural of macrohabitat is macrohabitats.

Words near macrohabitat in the dictionary

  1. macrogroups
  2. macrogrowth
  3. macrogyne
  4. macrogynes
  5. macrogyria
  6. macrohabitat
  7. macrohabitats
  8. macrohaematuria
  9. macrohaemodynamic
  10. macrohaemodynamics
  11. macrohair

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