Encyclopedia of Life (original) (raw)

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habitat

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002303

x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x

habitat

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat

A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.

habitat breadth

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth

Number of habitat layers used by an organism

habitat-builder

http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/TF\_HAB

hadal zone

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_01000028

The marine hadal zone biome describes sea floor deeper than 6000 m such as that of the oceanic trenches.

hadalpelagic zone

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000214

The zone of an ocean in oceanic trenches, lying between 6000m and 10,000m.

hagfish feeder

https://eol.org/schema/terms/hagfish\_feeder

a carnivore that feeds primarily on hagfishes (Myxiniformes)

hagfishes

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q75713

family of eel-shaped, slime-producing, marine fishes

halfmax growth concentration (ammonium)

http://eol.org/schema/terms/halfmax\_growth\_concentration\_ammonium

ambient ammonium concentration at which specific growth rate equals half of maximum, if ammonium is limiting growth.

Monod, J. 1949. The growth of bacterial cultures. Annual Review of Microbiology 3:371–394.

halfmax growth concentration (nitrate)

http://eol.org/schema/terms/halfmax\_growth\_concentration\_nitrate

ambient nitrate concentration at which specific growth rate equals half of maximum, if nitrate is limiting growth.

Monod, J. 1949. The growth of bacterial cultures. Annual Review of Microbiology 3:371–394.

halfmax growth concentration (phosphate)

http://eol.org/schema/terms/halfmax\_growth\_concentration\_phosphate

ambient phosphate concentration at which specific growth rate equals half of maximum, if phosphate is limiting growth.

Monod, J. 1949. The growth of bacterial cultures. Annual Review of Microbiology 3:371–394.

halfmax uptake concentration (ammonium)

http://eol.org/schema/terms/halfmax\_uptake\_concentration\_ammonium

ambient ammonium concentration at which uptake rate equals half of maximum

L. Michaelis, M.L. Menten. Kinetik der Invertinwirkung. Biochem. Zeitung, 49 (1913), pp. 333–369

halfmax uptake concentration (nitrate)

http://eol.org/schema/terms/halfmax\_uptake\_concentration\_nitrate

ambient nitrate concentration at which uptake rate equals half of maximum

L. Michaelis, M.L. Menten. Kinetik der Invertinwirkung. Biochem. Zeitung, 49 (1913), pp. 333–369

halfmax uptake concentration (phosphate)

http://eol.org/schema/terms/halfmax\_uptake\_concentration\_phosphate

ambient phosphate concentration at which uptake rate equals half of maximum

L. Michaelis, M.L. Menten. Kinetik der Invertinwirkung. Biochem. Zeitung, 49 (1913), pp. 333–369

haline habitat

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00002024

A biome characterized by a concentration of salt at least 2M. Inhabited by halophilic organisms.

hammock

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000516

A patch of ground, distinct from and slightly above the surrounding plain or wetland. Often occurs in groups.

hanging valley

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000184

A tributary valley with the floor at a higher relief than the main channel into which it flows. They are most commonly associated with U-shaped valleys when a tributary glacier flows into a glacier of larger volume.

Hapantotype

http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/TaxonName#Hapantotype

One or more preparations of directly related individuals representing distinct stages in the life cycle, which together form the type in an extant species of protistan

harbor

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000463

A place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored.

hard benthic substrate

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hardBenthicSubstrate

Benthic habitat composed of a hard substrate

McClain Bivalve Sizes

hard substrate boring

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hardSubstrateBoring

Organisms living in burrows bored into hard substrates such as rock, coral, or wood.

harem

http://eol.org/schema/terms/harem

an animal group consisting of one or two males, a number of females, and their offspring

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harem\_%28zoology%29

harvested in

https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested\_in

This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)

has sexual dimorphism

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q181497

condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs

has venom

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3386847

secretes a toxin for the purpose of causing harm to another, a poisonous substance to inject into a victim

has wings

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings

Wings are present.

hauterivian age

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Hauterivian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

have ectoparasite

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002633

have eggs laid on by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0008508

have endoparasite

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002635

have epiphyte

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0008502

have flowers visited by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002623

have host

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002454

From OBO Relation Ontology

have hyperparasite

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002554

have parasitoid

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002209

have pathogen

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002557

have vector

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002460

head

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON\_0000033

The head is the anterior-most division of the body.

head length

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA\_VT0000038

The length of a head

head to coccyx length

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HeadtoCoccyxLength

The distance from the head to the caudal vertebrae in the coccygeal region.

head width

http://eol.org/schema/HeadWidth

head-body length

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HeadBodyLength

Head-body length is the total length from tip of nose to anus, base of tail or vent (i.e. tail length is excluded).

YouTheria Manual: Head-body length http://www.utheria.org/head-bodylength.aspx

headwater

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000153

The upper part of a river system, denoting the upper basin and source streams of a river.

hearing range

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q351087

range of frequencies that can be heard by humans or other animals

hearing threshold

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1504201

minimum sound level that an average individual can hear

heart shaped

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO\_0000948

A concave 3-D shape quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's having a sinus or rounded lobe at the base.

Gymnodiniales Traits

heath

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000107

An upland moor or sandy area dominated by low shrubby vegetation including heather.

hedge

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000046

A dense growth of shrubbery planted as a fence or boundary.

height

http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO\_000040

height standing

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HeightStanding

The height when maintaining an erect upright position.

helioflagellate

http://eol.org/schema/terms/helioflagellate

A unicellular organism that features both flagella and slender, rigid pseudopodia (resembling those of heliozoan amoeba), either simultaneously or during different phases of the life cycle.

heliozoa

http://eol.org/schema/terms/heliozoa

A spherical amoeba with slender, rigid, radiating pseudopodia (axopodia).

Heller collection

http://eol.org/schema/terms/collection\_Heller

helophyte

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO\_0900025

whole plant helophytic

hematophage

http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q939099

practice by certain animals of feeding on blood

hemicryptophyte

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO\_0900027

a plant with perennating buds at ground level, and aerial shoots dying down at the onset of unfavourable conditions.

hemiepiphyte

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemiepiphyte

plants that spend part of their life cycle as epiphytes

hemimetabolous

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous

Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.

hemiparasite

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q20739318

a plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes

hemiparasitize

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002237

to parasitize, where the parasite is a plant, is parasitic under natural conditions and is also photosynthetic to some degree. Hemiparasites may just obtain water and mineral nutrients from the host plant. Many obtain at least part of their organic nutrients from the host as well.

heptadecanoic acid

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI\_32365

herb

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO\_0022142

whole plant herbaceous

herb

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q190903

plant which has no persistent woody stem above ground

herbivore

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

herbivore

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59099

animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

herbivorous grazer

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE\_00000099

a consumer that acquires food and energy by consuming grasses, leaves, and other soft plant material.

hermaphrodite

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO\_0001340

A biological sex quality inhering in an organism or a population with both male and female sexual organs in one individual.

herpetivore

http://eol.org/schema/terms/herpetivore

carnivorous animal which eats primarily reptiles or amphibians

hettangian age

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Hettangian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

hexacosanoic acid

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI\_31009

hexadecanoic acid

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI\_15756

hexaradial symmetry

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hexaradially\_symmetric

radial symmetry with a six-fold repeating pattern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry\_in\_biology#Subtypes\_of\_radial\_symmetry

hide

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_02000053

A skin obtained from animals for human use typically from deer or cattle sources used to produce leather, shoes, fashion accessories, musical instruments.

hieratite

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3785497

An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing fluorine, potassium, and silicon. Formula: K₂SiF₆

high

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25227

An elevated level or position or degree; greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.

high (>59)

http://eol.org/schema/terms/highCNRatio

The percentage of organic carbon divided by the percentage of total nitrogen in organic material is higher than 59.

USDA Plants database. Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html

high arctic

http://eol.org/schema/terms/highArctic

Zones A, B and C, per the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM Team 2003)

http://www.arcticatlas.org/maps/themes/cp/cpbz

high life span

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO\_0001603

Increased life span: A life span which is relatively high.

high n fixation

http://eol.org/schema/terms/highNitrogenFixation

Plants with high nitrogen fixation. More than 160 lb nitrogen per acre per year fixed in monoculture.

USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html

high temperature habitat

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00002025

A biome characterized by an average temperature of at least 60deg C. Inhabited by thermophilic organisms.

high tide zone

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000318

high tolerance

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO\_0002393

A tolerance quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's increased ability to endure a stimulus

higher geography

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherGeography

A list (concatenated and separated) of geographic names less specific than the information captured in the locality term.

hill

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000083

A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

hind tarsus length

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HindTarsusLength

The hind foot length, from heel to toe.

Darrin Lunde

hirnantian age

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Hirnantian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

hispidose

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hispidose

(equivalent to ‘bottlebrush’) describes branching where sub-branches radiate in all directions from main branches and where corallites on sub-branches are generally elongate. Applied only to the genus Acropora

http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/page/glossary/#Glossary\_H

histophage

http://eol.org/schema/terms/histophage

An organism that feeds on living or dead tissue of animals after it has been made available through death or injury.

histosol

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00002243

Histosols comprise soils formed in organic material. These vary from soils developed in predominantly moss peat in boreal, arctic and subarctic regions, via moss peat, reeds/ sedge peat (fen) and forest peat in temperate regions to mangrove peat and swamp forest peat in the humid tropics. Histosols are found at all altitudes, but the vast majority occurs in lowlands.

holocene epoch

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

holometabolous

http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

holotype

http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/TaxonName#Holotype

The one specimen or other element used or designated by the original author at the time of publication of the original description as the nomenclatural type of a species or infraspecific taxon. A holotype may be 'explicit' if it is clearly stated in the originating publication or 'implicit' if it is the single specimen proved to have been in the hands of the originating author when the description was published

home range

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HomeRange

Size of the area within which everyday activities of individuals or groups (of any type) are typically restricted.

Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O'Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/

homerian age

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Homerian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

honey

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON\_0036016

A sweet viscid material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of various bees.

ECOCROP

horizontal

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO\_0001855

being in the plane of the horizon

horseshoe crab feeder

https://eol.org/schema/terms/horseshoe\_crab\_feeder

a carnivore that feeds primarily on horseshoe crabs (Limulidae)

horseshoe crabs

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1329239

family of arthropods. https://eol.org/pages/1921

hospital

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00002173

hot spring

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000051

A spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally-heated groundwater from the Earth's crust.

human population density

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HumanPopulationDensity

The human population density within the geographic range of a taxon.

human population density change

http://eol.org/schema/terms/HumanPopulationDensityChange

Rate of increase in human population density within the geographic range of a species.

humus

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_01000000

Organic matter in soil which has reached a point of stability, where it will break down no further and might, if conditions do not change, remain essentially as it is for centuries, or millennia.

hydrocarbon seep

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00002063

The result of the release of natural hydrocarbons to the surface of the earth, including beneath the sea, by natural geological processes.

hydrochory

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hydrochory

Seed dispersal by water.

http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm

hydroelectric reservoir

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000448

A reservoir constructed for the purpose of generating electricity.

hydroid

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q61994851

sessile (attached) invertebrate life stage

hydrophyte

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO\_0900026

whole plant hydrophytic

hydrostatic skeleton

http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Hydrostatic

Skeletal support provided by hydrostatic pressure from a fluid filled cavity (e.g. the coelum) surrounded by muscles. Hydrostatic pressure provides skeletal support in sea anemones, jellyfish, nematodes, annelids, echinoderms, and other groups.

hydrothermal fluid

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_01000134

High temperature water ejected from hydrothermal vents and laden with dissolved metals and minerals as a result of percolation through crustal rocks.

hydrothermal vent

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00000215

A fissure in the Earths's surface from which geothermally heated water issues.

hydrothermal vent

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_01000030

The marine hydrothermal vent biome comprises regions of the marine benthic biome where heat generated due to tectonic activity, either at divergent plate boundaries or convergent ocean plates where back-arc spreading occurs, is released or 'vented' to the surface. The resultant high temperature water jets are laden with dissolved metals and minerals.

hydroxylapatite

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI\_52255

A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).

hymenium type

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P783

type of spore-bearing surface of a mushroom

hyperbenthic

http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/EP\_HYP

Living above but close to the substratum

Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G., Clark, P. (1998) A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 361pp.

hyperhydate

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hyperhydate

an emergent plant, with leaves and/or stems emerging well beyond the water surface, roots penetrating the substrate

GERMISHUIZEN, G. & MEYER, N.L. (eds) 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

hyperparasite

http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1366299

a parasite whose host is also a parasite

hyperparasitize

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO\_0002553

hypersaline water

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO\_00002012

hypocone length