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terricolous

(tĕ-rĭk′ə-ləs)
adj.
Living on or in the ground: terricolous worms.
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In these environments the terricolous species use the soil and leaf litter as breeding grounds during non-flood period and later migrate to tree trunks and areas of the forest canopy, where they remain during the high water season (Adis & Mahnert, 1990, a; Adis, 1997; Mahnert & Adis, 2002).
Distribucion vertical y temporal de Pseudoscorpiones (Arthropoda: Arachnida) en un bosque inundable del Pantanal Brasileno
In habitat terms, corticolous lichens are the commonest, followed by saxicolous, terricolous and lichenicolous fungi (Figure 2).
Lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Serrania de Ronda (Malaga-Cadiz), southern Spain/Liquenes y hongos liquenicolas de la Serrania de Ronda (Malaga-Cadiz), sur de Espana
Cladonia cryptochlorophaea Asahina--Corticolous (base of Acer saccharum), terricolous (thin layer of soil over rock).
Lichens and allied fungi of Awenda Provincial Park, Ontario: diversity and conservation status
The Lecanorales have five families: Parmeliaceae, Ramalinaceae Lecanoraceae, Stereocalulaceae, and finally, we have the family of the Cladoniaceae: it contains three taxa among the terricolous species which we have listed.
Diversity of lichens flora in Oran area (north western Algeria)
Terricolous thallophytes use the same substrate as vascular plants, but have no roots and are poikilohydric.
Descripcion y validacion de sintaxones europeos de la vegetacion dominada por briofitos, liquenes y algas
Forestry activity has reduced both terricolous and arboreal lichens, and access of reindeer to pastures has been hampered as a result of tree cutting, site preparation, fertilization, and logging residues, as well as forest fragmentation caused by roads and ditches (Pruitt, 1979; Berg et al.
Past and present winter feeding of reindeer in Finland: herders' adaptive learning of feeding practices
Part of the terricolous communities of bright colours.
Significant fern, lichen and bryophyte collections from the UAE and northern Oman, including five new records for the Arabian Peninsula
The substrates upon which each lichen was growing were also noted: terricolous (clay or soil), saxicolous (concrete, dolomite, or granite), corticolous (the bark of trees or shrubs), lignicolous (wood or decorticate logs) or other (rusted metal, animal bones, fungi, mosses, etc.
The lichen flora of the Joliet Military Training Area
Terricolous spiders (Araneae) of insecticide-treated spruce-fir forests in west-central Maine.
Sublethal exposure to a neurotoxic pesticide affects activity rhythms and patterns of four spider species
A squamulose terricolous lichen of the western interior United States and adjacent Canada with black marginal apothecia and, typically, with densely pruinose squamules.
Additions to the lichen flora of Nebraska
The marine, interstitial, or terricolous fauna, consisting of polychaete lugworms (Arenicola) and various bivalves such as clams (Cardium), take advantage of both the layer of subterranean marine moisture and the input of organic material to the surface.
3 Life on tideless coastlines
Terricolous arthropods delay their annual ascent into the canopies of Amazonian flood plain forests during El Nino events (Adis and Latif 1996).
The El Nino southern oscillation, variable fruit production, and famine in a tropical forest
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