Definition of eurytopic in English:
eurytopic
adjective ˌjʊərɪˈtɒpɪkˌyərəˈtäpik
Ecology (of an organism) able to tolerate a wide range of habitats or ecological conditions.
Often contrasted with stenotopic
Example sentencesExamples
- Moreover, it is apparent that some taxa were eurytopic whereas others were stenotopic, similar recent ones.
- Because of their geographic distribution, these genera should at least have been more eurythermal, if not more eurytopic, than the tropical corbulid taxa that did not suffer global extinction.
- Such conservatism is usually seen in ecological generalists or eurytopic taxa.
- These subtropical and warm temperate taxa are presumably more eurytopic than their tropical counterparts, but do not exhibit range shifts in response to Neogene environmental change.
- Also as seen in graptolites, many of the taxa that were common during the Hirnantian were eurytopic species, high-latitude immigrants, or endemic, relict faunas.