ecoclimaten.

1931 B. P. Uvarov in Trans. Entomol. Soc. 79 i. 128 In the study of insect ecology we must, therefore, pay special attention to the climate of the actual habitat of the insect, or to the ecoclimate, as I would suggest that the sum-total of meteorological factors within a habitat should be called.

1937 Nature 16 Oct. 664/1 Another weak point is the lack of discussion on ecoclimates of the actual animal habitats, which very often enable an animal to survive in a region the general climate of which is wholly unsuitable for it.

1967 Q. Rev. Biol. 42 375/1 One can understand its tolerance of a wide range of conditions because of the ecoclimate in which it develops.

1988 Geografiska Annaler B 70 370/2 It is not sufficient to consider the soil as exposed to an impact of ash and heat alone, also biological factors and the complete change of local ecoclimate after burning have to be taken into consideration.

1991 H. Hengeveld Understanding Atmospheric Change iv. 39 Each of these regions can be seen as a distinct ecological entity—an ecozone—whose characteristics have been largely shaped by a corresponding ecoclimate.

1998 S. Abram & J. Waldren Anthropol. Perspectives on Local Devel. 30 Deforestation is seen by many critics as detrimental both to the orang asli as well as to the world's ecoclimate.

2001 Bryologist 104 549 The Perryvale bog..lies within the Subhumid Low Boreal ecoclimate region of Canada.

1934 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 3 50 It is at first sight to be expected that these eco-climatic differences will per se be of less importance to birds than to insects and plants.

1971 Bot. Gaz. 132 20/1 Pittendrigh recorded the apparent effects of certain ecoclimatic variables on the distribution of bromeliad species in the forests and coffee plantations of Trinidad.

2006 Arctic (Nexis) 1 Sept. The avifauna of the Ungava Peninsula's Arctic ecoclimatic province is an interesting mix of northward-extending boreal species..and southern-reaching Arctic species.