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specie
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spe·cie
/ ˈspēshē; -sē/
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n.
money in the form of coins rather than notes.
PHRASES:
in specie
1.
in coin.
2.
Law
in the real, precise, or actual form specified:
the plaintiff could not be sure of recovering his goods in specie.
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Endangered Species Act 'Broken' -- Flood of Litigation over Critical Habitat Hinders Species Conservation
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/28/2003; 700+ words
; ...habitat for threatened and endangered species, Assistant Secretary of the Interior...designations is undermining endangered species conservation by compromising the Service's ability to protect new species and to work with states, tribes, landowners...
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Species richness of both native and invasive aquatic plants influenced by environmental conditions and human activity.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Botany; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...native vegetation, threaten rare species, and alter ecosystem processes...relationship between native and invasive species remains elusive. Elton (1958...that communities with many native species are less likely to be invaded, but...
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Multi Species Recovery Plans.
Magazine article from: Endangered Species Bulletin; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; After stabilizing species that are headed for extinction, the ultimate goal of the Endangered Species Act is to recover endangered and threatened plants and animals to a secure status. Once a species is listed under the Act, a recovery plan...
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Species and distribution of Penaeoid shrimps in Thailand.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Species and distribution of Penaeoid shrimps in...Andaman Sea coast. Identification of species was based on the morphological characters...the current literature. A total of 50 species from 13 genera and 3 families of Penaeoidea...
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Endangered species and the National Park Service.
Magazine article from: Endangered Species Bulletin; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...future generations." Conserving endangered species is an important part of that mission. Endangered Species and the National Park Service Like all...Park Service is required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to protect endangered and threatened...
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Ecological species groups of South Carolina's Jocassee Gorges, southern Appalachian Mountains1
Magazine article from: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Clemson, SC 29634-0331 ). Ecological species groups of South Carolina's Jocassee...131: 220-231. 2004.-Ecological species groups, consisting of assemblages of co-occurring plant species exhibiting similar environmental affinities...
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Species distributions in interdunal swale communities: The effects of soil waterlogging
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...soil waterlogging in determining plant species distributions among interdunal swales...field and greenhouse experiments. Most species exhibited significant responses to experimental...distributions in the field. In general dune species such as Ammophila breviligulata and Solidago...
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Species, subspecies, and races.
Magazine article from: Social Research; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; The human species can be looked at from two quite different...fundamentally different from all other species. How do we protect ourselves from such...law, new drugs must be tested on other species before they can be tested on human beings...
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SPECIES IN THE TAIL OF RANK-ABUNDANCE CURVES.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...concerns the abundance and distribution of species. In particular, there has been considerable...in the distribution of abundance among species within local communities. A common observation is that at a given location some species will be very abundant, while many species...
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Species trends in sport fisheries, Monterey Bay, Calif., 1959-86. (effect of boat fishing on rockfish)(includes bibliography)
Magazine article from: Marine Fisheries Review; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...28 years were examined for changes in species caught by recreational fishermen from...increased, the catch of certain nearshore species of rockfish, Sebastes spp., declined...by increased availability of nearshore species. Life history characteristics of rockfish...
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Endangered Species Act
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been described as the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation. It is also one of the United States...
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Endangered Species
Book article from: Biology
Endangered Species Endangered species are species of plants or animals (or other life forms such as fungi) that are threatened with extinction. As well as being a biological term, "endangered" has a formal political meaning: nations, states...
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Species
Book article from: Biology
Species There is little agreement among scientists about the definition of the word "species." However, most biologists would agree that a species is a detectable, naturally occurring group of individuals or populations that is on an evolutionary...
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Species Extinction
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
SPECIES EXTINCTION Evolution is the interplay of...reason, they assume the status of separate species or subspecies. Historically, processes...exactly what the causes of extinction are. Species extinction could arise from a combination...
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Specie Payments, Suspension and Resumption of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SPECIE PAYMENTS, SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS, SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION OF. Under a system of specie payments, it is required by law or custom that fiduciary money, usually in the form of bank notes or government paper money...
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