any species (such as an ant) that is well-adapted to living in close association with humans and easily dispersed around…
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Transect
a sample area, usually in the form of a long, continuous strip; in coral reef monitoring, often a marked line…
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Transpire
the process of vaporizing water through plant leaf surfaces (R1)
Trophallaxis
a process by which regurgitated food is passed among members of an ant colony (A4)
Trophic levels
pathways and levels through which nutrients and energy flow between organisms (M2)
Tropical alpine environment
a mountain environment above the treeline within tropical latitudes (A2)
Tropopause
the boundary between the atmospheric layers troposphere and stratosphere where the drop in temperature with increasing altitude ceases (A2)
Under-rock survey
a research technique in which researchers lift rocks and catalogue the invertebrates they find there (A4)
Ungulate
hoofed mammal (IS1)
Unicolonial
an ant behavior strategy in which ants of the same species form large colonies of many different nests (A4)