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ecology
125 words in ecology
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B
C
D
E
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K
L
M
N
O
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Q
R
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T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A
aerial plankton
air-ee-ul PLANK-tun
alder-carr
AWL-der KAR
animate earth
AN-ih-mit URTH
aspect
AS-pekt
B
benthic
BEN-thik
biophilia
bye-oh-FIL-ee-uh
biophony
bye-OFF-uh-nee
broomrape
BROOM-rape
butterwort
BUT-er-wort
C
cerrado
seh-HAH-doo
conk
KONK
coppice
KOP-iss
coral reef
KOR-ul REEF
coralroot
KOR-ul-root
cryoconite
KRY-oh-kuh-nite
cryptobiotic
krip-toh-by-OT-ik
D
deadfall
DED-fawl
diatom
DY-uh-tom
dodder
DOD-er
drip tip
DRIP TIP
E
ecology of fear
ih-KOL-uh-jee uhv FEER
edaphic
ih-DAF-ik
edgelands
EDJ-landz
eelgrass
EEL-gras
endemic
en-DEM-ik
epiphyte
EP-ih-fite
epontic
eh-PON-tik
F
fairy ring
FAIR-ee RING
famine food
FAM-in FOOD
fauna
FAW-nuh
fire
FIRE
fire mosaic
FYRE moh-ZAY-ik
fire regime
FYRE reh-ZHEEM
fire-stick farming
FYRE-stik FAHR-ming
flora
FLOR-uh
forage
FOR-ij
forb
FORB
foxed
FOKST
fynbos
FAYN-baws
G
geophony
jee-OFF-uh-nee
geophyte
JEE-oh-fyt
geosmin
jee-OZ-min
ghost pipe
GOHST PIPE
glacier mouse
GLAY-shur MOWS
H
hadal
HAY-dul
hibernaculum
hy-ber-NAK-yoo-lum
holdfast
HOHLD-fast
I
isophene
EYE-so-feen
K
kelp forest
KELP FOR-ist
kigo
KEE-goh
L
lacewing
LAYS-wing
land pyramid
LAND PIR-uh-mid
leafcutter
LEEF-kut-er
lichen
LY-ken
lop and top
LAHP and TAHP
M
machair
MAHK-er
marine snow
muh-REEN SNOH
mason bee
MAY-sun BEE
microclimate
MY-kroh-KLY-mit
milkweed
MILK-weed
moor
MOOR
more-than-human
mor-than-HYOO-mun
mycelium
my-SEE-lee-um
mycorrhiza
my-koh-RY-zuh
N
nocturnal
nok-TUR-nul
numenon
NOO-meh-non
O
oak opening
OHK OH-puh-ning
overstory
OH-ver-stor-ee
P
palo verde
PAH-loh VAIR-day
pannage
PAN-ij
participatory perception
peat hag
PEET hag
pelagic
puh-LAJ-ik
phantom road
FAN-tuhm rohd
photoperiodism
FOH-toh-PEER-ee-od-iz-um
pollard
POL-erd
predator
PRED-uh-ter
punky wood
PUNG-kee WUUD
pyric transition
PIR-ik tran-ZIH-shun
pyrophyte
PY-roh-fyt
Q
quaking bog
KWAY-king BOG
R
relict
REL-ikt
S
saprotroph
SAP-ruh-trohf
satoumi
sah-toh-OO-mee
scrub
SKRUB
sea urchin
SEE UR-chin
seamount
SEE-mownt
sensescape
SENS-skayp
sensory pollution
SEN-suh-ree puh-LOO-shuhn
sere
SEER
serotiny
suh-ROT-ih-nee
serpentine
SUR-pen-teen
shizen
shee-ZEN
sloth
SLAWTH
smellscape
SMEL-skayp
soda lake
SOH-duh LAYK
soredia
suh-REE-dee-uh
soundscape
SOWND-skayp
spalting
SPAWL-ting
sphagnum
SFAG-num
springtail
SPRING-tayl
stag-headed
STAG-hed-id
stigmergy
STIG-mer-jee
strandline
STRAND-line
sundew
SUN-doo
swidden
SWID-en
symbiosis
sim-by-OH-sis
T
tardigrade
TAR-dih-grayd
thermal sum
THUR-muhl suhm
thermocline
THUR-muh-kline
troglobite
TROG-luh-bite
trophic
TROH-fik
trophic cascade
TROH-fik kas-KAYD
tussock
TUS-uk
U
upwelling
UP-wel-ing
V
vector
VEK-ter
vernal pool
VUR-nul
vole
VOHL
W
whale fall
WAYL FAWL
wilding
WILE-ding
witches’ broom
WICH-iz BROOM
witch’s hat
WICH-iz HAT
wood-pasture
WOOD-pas-cher
Y
yucca
YUK-uh
Z
zombie fungus
ZOM-bee FUNG-gus