higher categories
higher categories In taxonomy, classifications above the level of species, which are defined arbitrarily according to observed similarities among species, and which provide a useful hierarchical framework by which organisms may be described succinctly.
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Companion Species , companion species A term formerly used in the Braun-Blanquetphytosociological scheme to mean ‘indifferent species’. Companion species at the associat… Indifferent Species , indifferent species A species with no real affinity for any particular community, but which is not rare (as an accidental species would be). It is fi… rarity , rarity •banditti, bitty, chitty, city, committee, ditty, gritty, intercity, kitty, nitty-gritty, Pitti, pity, pretty, shitty, slitty, smriti, spitty,… preferential species , preferential species In phytosociology, a species that is present with varying abundance in several communities, but is especially abundant and vigor… Constant Species , constant species(constancy) In phytosociology, a species common to a particular association or community, but not necessarily confined to that commun… Centrifugal Speciation , centrifugal speciation The principle that new species are likely to arise towards the centre of the range of the present species, rather than at the…
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