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Native species. Large-leaved lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus): native to western North America but introduced and invasive in several areas worldwide. In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often popularised as "with no human ...
Indigenous science is the application and intersection of Indigenous knowledge and science.In ecology, this is sometimes termed traditional ecological knowledge. [1] [2] [3] Indigenous science involves the knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous peoples, which are rooted in their cultural traditions and relationships to their indigenous context.
Introduced species. An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.
Comparing TEK and Western Science [1]. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) describes indigenous and other traditional knowledge of local resources. As a field of study in North American anthropology, TEK refers to "a cumulative body of knowledge, belief, and practice, evolving by accumulation of TEK and handed down through generations through traditional songs, stories and beliefs.
Biodiversity is commonly measured in terms of taxonomic richness of a geographic area over a time interval. In order to calculate biodiversity, species evenness, species richness, and species diversity are to be obtained first. Species evenness[ 181 ] is the relative number of individuals of each species in a given area.
Naturalisation (biology) Naturalisation (or naturalization) is the ecological phenomenon through which a species, taxon, or population of exotic (as opposed to native) origin integrates into a given ecosystem, becoming capable of reproducing and growing in it, and proceeds to disseminate spontaneously. [1] In some instances, the presence of a ...
Man (d)ioca (manioc) and mandi'o (manihot) are respectively the Tupí and Guaraní names of the plant, both from oca (house) of the mythical figure Man (d)í. [50] Cayenne pepper (Capsicum annuum var.) pepper. Tupi. From kyynha ("pepper"). The town Cayenne is probably named after the plant, not the other way around.
A species (pl.: species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. [1] It is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity.