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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Ideal free distribution
Zoology; Zoological terms
The distribution of individuals across resource patches of different intrinsic quality that equalises the net rate of gain of each when competition is taken into account.
Habitat destruction
Zoology; Zoological terms
Habitat destruction is the process by which natural habitat is damaged or destroyed to such an extent that it no longer is capable of supporting the species and ecological communities that naturally ...
Imprinting
Zoology; Zoological terms
The tendency of young animals to follow the first moving thing they see. In the wild, this is usually the mother, but in captivity, where the mother may not be the first thing they see, they might ...
Incubation patch
Zoology; Zoological terms
A defeathered area on the lower abdomen in which the skin has thickened and become rich with blood vessels
Hyoid apparatus
Zoology; Zoological terms
A collective term for the bones of the tongue and associated connective tissues, found in the upper throat
Immature
Zoology; Zoological terms
A yong bird no longer under parental care but not yet old enough to breed; a bird that is not yet fully adult
