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refugium Biol.|rɪˈfjuːdʒɪəm|
Pl. -ia.
[a. L. refugium place of refuge (see refuge n.).]
A refuge (sense 3 e), spec. one in which a species survived a period of glaciation.
1955Canad. Jrnl. Bot. XXXIII. 442 (heading) Nature of the evidence in support of glacial refugia. 1967M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens ix. 142 It occurs as a disjunct in the celebrated unglaciated refugium of south-western Wisconsin. 1976Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 16 May 7/1 The presence of endemic mammals on the Island suggests that suitable survival areas (refugia) existed there during the peaks of the last two glaciations. |