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71 relations: Adaptation, Africam Safari, Albuquerque Biological Park, Altitudinal migration, Andrew J. Grayson, Arid, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Avian influenza, Binomial nomenclature, Biogeography, Cat, Clarion Island, Columbidae, Crypsis, Eared dove, Endemism, Euphorbia heterophylla, Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbiaceae, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Extinct in the wild, Fern, Ficus, Fledge, Fresh water, Frugivore, George Newbold Lawrence, Germany, Gloger's rule, Great frigatebird, Guava, Habitat, Humidity, Hybrid (biology), International Union for Conservation of Nature, Island tameness, Lava, Local extinction, London Zoo, Louisville Zoo, Mammal, Manchineel, Metres above sea level, Mexican Navy, Mexico, Moulting, Mourning dove, Nape, Ornithology, Parallel evolution, ..., Phenotype, Pleopeltis polypodioides, Predation, Prunus serotina, Red-tailed hawk, Revillagigedo Islands, Schistocerca, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Mexico), Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico), Sheep, Sideroxylon socorrense, Socorro Island, Socorro mockingbird, Species reintroduction, Subspecies, The Condor (journal), Vulnerable species, Zénaïde Bonaparte, Zenaida dove, Zenaida doves, 1972 in science. Expand index (21 more) »
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
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Africam Safari
Africam Safari is a Mexican safari park that was established in 1972 by Captain Carlos Camacho Espíritu.
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Albuquerque Biological Park
The Albuquerque Biological Park (or Albuquerque BioPark) is an environmental museum located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Altitudinal migration
Altitudinal migration is a short-distance animal migration from lower altitudes to higher altitudes and back.
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Andrew J. Grayson
Andrew Jackson Grayson (1819–1869) was an American ornithologist and artist.
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Arid
A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder and powerlifter.
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Avian influenza
Avian influenza—known informally as avian flu or bird flu is a variety of influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds.
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Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.
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Biogeography
Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.
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Cat
The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal.
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Clarion Island
Isla Clarión, formerly called Santa Rosa, is the second largest, westernmost and most remote of the Revillagigedo Islands (part of Mexico, specifically the state of Colima), located west of Socorro Island and over from the Mexican mainland.
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Columbidae
Pigeons and doves constitute the animal family Columbidae and the order Columbiformes, which includes about 42 genera and 310 species.
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Crypsis
In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals.
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Eared dove
The eared dove (Zenaida auriculata) is a New World dove.
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Endemism
Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Euphorbia heterophylla
Euphorbia heterophylla, also known under the common names of (Mexican) fireplant, painted euphorbia, Japanese poinsettia, desert poinsettia, wild poinsettia, fire on the mountain, paintedleaf, painted spurge, milkweed, and kaliko plant, is a plant belonging to the Euphorbiaceae or spurge family.
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Euphorbia hirta
Euphorbia hirta (sometimes called asthma-plant) is a pantropical weed, possibly native to India.
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Euphorbiaceae
The Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants.
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European Association of Zoos and Aquaria
The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) is an organisation for the European zoo and aquarium community that links over 340 member organizations in 41 countries.
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Extinct in the wild
An extinct in the wild (EW) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as only known by living members kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range due to massive habitat loss.
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Fern
A fern is a member of a group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.
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Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.
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Fledge
Fledging is the stage in a volant animal's life between hatching or parturition and flight.
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Fresh water
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.
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Frugivore
A frugivore is a fruit eater.
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George Newbold Lawrence
George Newbold Lawrence (October 20, 1806 – January 17, 1895) was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Gloger's rule
Gloger's rule is an ecogeographical rule which states that within a species of endotherms, more heavily pigmented forms tend to be found in more humid environments, e.g. near the equator.
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Great frigatebird
The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) is a large seabird in the frigatebird family.
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Guava
Guavas (singular guava) are common tropical fruits cultivated and enjoyed in many tropical and subtropical regions.
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Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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Humidity
Humidity is the amount of water vapor present in the air.
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Hybrid (biology)
In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Island tameness
Island tameness is the tendency of many populations and species of animals living on isolated islands to lose their wariness of potential predators, particularly of large animals.
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Lava
Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.
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Local extinction
Local extinction or extirpation is the condition of a species (or other taxon) that ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.
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London Zoo
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo.
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Louisville Zoo
Founded in 1969, the Louisville Zoo, or the Louisville Zoological Garden, is a zoo in Louisville, Kentucky, situated in the city's Poplar Level neighborhood.
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Mammal
Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.
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Manchineel
The manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).
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Metres above sea level
Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.
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Mexican Navy
The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent armed forces of Mexico.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Moulting
In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.
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Mourning dove
The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae.
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Nape
The nape is the back of the neck.
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Ornithology
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.
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Parallel evolution
Parallel evolution is the development of a similar trait in related, but distinct, species descending from the same ancestor, but from different clades.
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Phenotype
A phenotype is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest).
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Pleopeltis polypodioides
Pleopeltis polypodioides (syn. Polypodium polypodioides), also known as the resurrection fern, is a species of creeping, coarse-textured fern native to the Americas and Africa.
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Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).
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Prunus serotina
Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous woody plant species belonging to the genus Prunus.
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Red-tailed hawk
The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.
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Revillagigedo Islands
The Revillagigedo Islands (Islas Revillagigedo) or Revillagigedo Archipelago are a group of four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique ecosystem.
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Schistocerca
Schistocerca is a genus of grasshoppers, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts.
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Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Mexico)
The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (in Spanish: Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT) is Mexico's environment ministry.
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Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico)
The Mexican Secretariat of the Interior (Secretaría de Gobernación, SEGOB, literally "Secretary of Governorship") is concerned with the country's internal affairs, the presentation of the president's bills to Congress, their publication and certain issues of national security.
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Sheep
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
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Sideroxylon socorrense
Sideroxylon socorrense is a plant species in the family Sapotaceae.
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Socorro Island
Socorro Island (Isla Socorro) is a small volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying some off the country's western coast at 18°48'N, 110°59'W.
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Socorro mockingbird
The Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni) is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands.
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Species reintroduction
Species reintroduction is the deliberate release of a species into the wild, from captivity or other areas where the organism is capable of survival.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.
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The Condor (journal)
The Condor: Ornithological Applications is a peer-reviewed weekly scientific journal covering ornithology.
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Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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Zénaïde Bonaparte
Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano (8 July 1801 – 8 August 1854) was the elder daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary, and the wife of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was also her cousin.
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Zenaida dove
The zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, which includes doves and pigeons.
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Zenaida doves
The zenaida doves (Zenaida) make up a small genus of American doves.
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1972 in science
The year 1972 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro_dove
