11 Terms
Contributors in Ecology
Ecology
Fine structure
Biology; Ecology
Those structural details of an organism visible only to an electron microscope.
Bisporangiate
Biology; Ecology
A flower's capacity for producing both megaspores (female spores) and microspores (male spores). Most flowers are bisporangiate.
Hatching asynchrony
Biology; Ecology
When birds of the same group of eggs hatch at different times because the mother incubated some before laying the entire clutch.
Antemortem
Biology; Ecology
Before slaughter. The animal examination USDA meat inspectors conduct shortly before they are butchered (the animals, that is).
French drain
Biology; Ecology
A pipeless drain set in a buried channel of gravel to drain off excess water behind walls. Invented in Concord by Henry French.
R-selection
Biology; Ecology
Rapid growth and occupation through early reproduction, short life spans, low biomass, and lots of offspring. See K-Selection.
