Preferred term
characteristic
Definition
- The characteristic is a basket for more general properties of the objects of interests like empattern, composition, configuration/em, which can be approximated by several derived properties. They can be also qualitative properties, e.g. emnaturalness/em, which are assessed by expert decision.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- apical dominance
- bacterial resistance
- biological activity
- biotic resistance
- canopy characteristics
- carbon allocation
- climatic condition
- climatic factor
- community organization
- competitive advantage
- configuration
- cooperative breeding
- developmental stage
- diet quality
- environmental gradient
- environmental quality
- growth curve
- habitat quality
- habitat suitability
- inclusive fitness
- isolation
- life history characteristic
- life history trait
- mating system
- morphological trait
- mosaic
- movement pattern
- niche overlap
- pattern
- physiological response
- plant trait
- pollen limitation
- population viability
- predation risk
- regime
- reproductive success
- resource availability
- response
- seasonality
- seed quality
- self incompatibility
- self organization
- sex ratio
- soil characteristic
- spatial configuration
- spatial distribution
- spatial pattern
- stand structure
- structure
- temporal pattern
- temporal variability
- topography
- trait
- trophic structure
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21447