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Ultimate Factor

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028955

Aspects of the environment that are directly important to the well-being of an organism (for example, food) (Ricklefs 1979:881). Ultimate factors are concerned with fitness (Lack 1954:5) (cf Proximate factors).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028955
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Glossary of Avian Terms For Use in Avian Conservation Biology
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028955",
  "term": "Ultimate Factor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Aspects of the environment that are directly important to the well-being of an organism (for example, food) (Ricklefs 1979:881). Ultimate factors are concerned with fitness (Lack 1954:5) (cf Proximate factors).",
  "references": [
    "USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Glossary of Avian Terms For Use in Avian Conservation Biology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ultimate-factor/"
}

Record 28,955 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.