| 单词 | adaptive zone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadaptive zone adaptive zone n. Biology the set of ecological niches to which a particular species or group of species is adapted. ΚΠ 1944 G. G. Simpson Tempo & Mode in Evol. vi. 189 No one will doubt that sibling birds living in the same tree are, for all practical purposes, in exactly the same adaptive zone or that a fish in the sea and a bird in the air are in radically different adaptive zones. 1973 Evolution 27 2/1 Size decrease would then have prevailed as the mammals diversified to fill their present adaptive zone. 2001 E. Mayr What Evol. Is vi. 143 Every shift into a new adaptive zone leaves a residue of no longer needed morphological features that then become an impediment. < as lemmas |
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