释义 |
eurytope, n. Ecol.|ˈjʊərɪtəʊp| [ad. G. eurytop adj. (F. Dahl 1896, in Sitzungsber. d. k. Preuss. Akad. d. Wissensch. 28), f. Gr. εὐρύ-ς wide + τόπ-ος place.] A eurytopic organism.
[1896Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 617 Some animals are always associated with special conditions; others seem less sensitive and more independent; for these two sets the terms ‘stenotop’ and ‘eurytop’ are suggested.] 1938J. R. Carpenter Ecol. Gloss. s.v., Of/ organisms spending one or more stages in several habitats. 1977Zoologische Jahrbücher: Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere CIV. 433 Quantitative investigations showed significant preferences of vegetation-structures not only in stenotope but also in eurytope species. 1980S. Afr. Jrnl. Sci. LXXVI. 79/2 One would expect lineages with relatively narrow species-specific adaptations (stenotopes) to be more prone to diversification than broadly adapted generalists (eurytopes). 1987Paleobiol. XIII. 95/1 Low extinction rates coupled with low speciation rates are characteristic of wide-ranging eurytopes. |