Living Glossary

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ablation -  The sun can directly vaporize snow...
adaptation -  A process in nature where an organ...
adfluvial -  Refers to a lake/stream process. A...
air pollution -  Air that has been altered by human...
alluvial -  Referring to landscape features pr...
alpine zone -  The portion of land that lies abov...
ameoboid -  Resembling an amoeba specifically ...
amphibian -  An ancient animal without scales, ...
anadromous -  Fish that migrate from saltwater i...
anthropologist -  A person who studies the culture a...
antlers -  Antlers are bony growths from the ...
aquatic -  Plants or animals that live in the...
aquatic animals -  Animals living in the water.
aquatic macrophyte -  Vascular rooted plants growing in ...
arachnids -  Terrestrial invertebrates (arthrop...
archaeologist -  A person who studies that which re...
arthropod -  An invertebrate animal (such as an...
artifact -  Archaeologists uncover artifacts (...
aspirator -  A tool used to collect insects by ...
ATBI -  All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory - ...
banding -  To identify birds and other small ...
barrens -  Barrens are open-canopied forests ...
baseline -  Scientists study nature and try to...
beat sheet -  A piece of light colored material ...
benthic -  A term that applies to those thing...
benthic macroinvertebrates -  Bottom-dwelling animals without ba...
berlese funnel -  A tool used to collect insects out...
bio-indicator -  Researchers monitor certain specie...
bioassessment -  A generic name for monitoring meth...
biodegradable -  The property of a substance allowi...
biodiversity -  The variety and variability of liv...
biofilm -  A thin layer of biota that lives o...
biological integrity -  Ecological systems, such as forest...
biologist -  Park biologists study plants, anim...
biology -  The study of life.
biomass -  Anything that is or has once been ...
blowdown -  A tree or trees that have been blo...
boreal forest -  The northern coniferous forest.
botany -  The study of plants.
broadleaf -  A term describing a plant with bro...
browse -  v. To eat twigs and leaves of wood...
buffer -  Buffers are sponges in nature. Nat...
cambium -  The layer just inside a tree's bar...
canopy -  The layer formed by the leaves and...
carnivore -  An animal that feeds principally o...
carrion -  The flesh of an animal that is alr...
carrying capacity -  The maximum population of a given ...
cavity -  A hole in a tree that can be used ...
chlorophyll -  The green pigment used by plants t...
chlorosis -  Discoloration of normally green pa...

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