Preferred term
evolution
Definition
- [GEMET] The biological theory or process whereby species of plants and animals change with the passage of time so that their descendants differ from their ancestors, i.e. development from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations.
Broader concept
Note
- [source of definition ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution" , "[controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2013
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- التطور
Bulgarian
- Еволюция
Chinese
- 演变
Croatian
- evolucija
Czech
- evoluce
Danish
- evolution
Dutch
- evolutie
Estonian
- evolutsioon
Finnish
- asteittainen kehitys, kehityskulku
French
- évolution
German
- Evolution
Greek
- εξέλιξη
Hungarian
- evolúció
Italian
- evoluzione
Japanese
- 進化
Latvian
- evolūcija
Lithuanian
- evoliucija
Norwegian
- evolusjon
Polish
- ewolucja
Portuguese
- evolução das espécies
Romanian
- evoluţie
Slovak
- evolúcia
Slovenian
- razvoj, evolucija
Spanish
- evolución
Swedish
- utveckling
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21016