2 Terms
Contributors in Ecology
Ecology
Tapetum lucidum
Biology; Ecology
A reflecting membrane that reprocesses incoming photons. It makes the eyes of cats and other night animals shine.
Predator switching
Biology; Ecology
A predator's ability to hunt a different species for prey when its preferred species has declined or disappeared.
Polyculture
Biology; Ecology
The planting and growing of more than one species together, as natural world does it. Different from Monoculture.
Bergmann’s rule
Biology; Ecology
Warm-blooded animals in cold climates tend to be larger than animals of the same species living in warm climates.
Gap dynamics
Biology; Ecology
The ecological effect of a canopy gap opened when a tree dies or is otherwise removed from a section of forest.
