refugiumn.
/rᵻˈfjuːdʒɪəm/, U.S. /rəfˈjudʒiəm/, /rifˈjudʒiəm/ Biology.
An isolated area forming a natural refuge (refuge n. 4d) for plants and animals. In later use also: a managed, artificial, or legally protected habitat of this type. Cf. refuge n. 4e.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [noun] > types of
supralittoral1839
refuge1889
refugium1902
home range1904
open vegetation1905
open community1909
controlled environment1914
palaeoenvironment1957
1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 332 The old glacial fauna of the glacial time did not only retreat in these two directions mentioned, but there is a third refugium for those that belong to the fresh water.
1955 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 33 442 (heading) Nature of the evidence in support of glacial refugia.
1982 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 19 719 It is unlikely that other small plants, such as epilithic and epiphytic algae can serve as refugiums for Biomphalaria.
1988 P. Wayburn Adventuring in Alaska (rev. ed.) i. 16 Earth scientists and biologists sometimes refer to this refugium as being part of an area they have named ‘Beringia’.
2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 13 Oct. 5/4 Arran has been legally designated as a red deer ‘refugium’ to protect the genetic purity of its stock.
Derivatives
reˈfugial adj. of, found in, or designating refugia.
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1951 Oikos 3 269 During the Ice Age the great South-European peninsulas developed into refugial and residual areas for the old tertiary limnic fauna.
1985 Cambr. Encycl. Life Sci. xv. 390/2 Relict populations remained close to the refugial areas, to which they subsequently retreated during the following cold period.
2004 S. C. Stearns & A. P. Hendry Evol. Illuminated vii. 220 These refugial populations acted as sources for dispersal, leading to colonization of their current ranges in North America, Asia, and Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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