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fauna

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002422

The animal life of an area, "animal" being used in the broad sense to include birds, fish, reptiles, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, etc., in addition to mammals.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002422
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymsnatural fauna
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsobiological resources; indigenous species; biogeography; ethnozoology; animals; scientific expeditions; herpetofauna; avifauna; soil fauna
TranslationsSpanish: fauna
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002422",
  "term": "fauna",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The animal life of an area, \"animal\" being used in the broad sense to include birds, fish, reptiles, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, etc., in addition to mammals.",
  "synonyms": [
    "natural fauna"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "biological resources",
    "indigenous species",
    "biogeography",
    "ethnozoology",
    "animals",
    "scientific expeditions",
    "herpetofauna",
    "avifauna",
    "soil fauna"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "fauna"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/fauna/"
}

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