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Nestedness

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004383

A measurement or analysis of the patterns of species distribution within naturally fragmented habitats (such as islands). A nested pattern is where the species composition in fragmented habitats is a subset of those habitats with more species.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004383
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEcological processes and phenomena; Community ecology; Biogeography; Endangered species; Habitat fragmentation; Extinction; Islands
TranslationsSpanish: anidamiento
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004383",
  "term": "Nestedness",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A measurement or analysis of the patterns of species distribution within naturally fragmented habitats (such as islands). A nested pattern is where the species composition in fragmented habitats is a subset of those habitats with more species.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "ecological processes and phenomena",
    "community ecology",
    "biogeography",
    "endangered species",
    "habitat fragmentation",
    "extinction",
    "islands"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "anidamiento"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/nestedness/"
}

Record 4,323 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.