biological spectrum
Botany
noun
The relative numbers of plant species per biological type (as aerophytes, hygrophytes, phanerophytes, etc.) occurring in a particular ecosystem, each expressed as a percentage of the total.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Botanical Gazette.
- geographic latitude
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- geohydrologic
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- geoinformation
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