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Preferred term

abundance

Definition

  • The number of organisms in a population, guild, life form, etc., combining 'intensity' (density within inhabited areas) and 'prevalence' (number and size of inhabited areas)

Broader concept

Note

  • [controlled by ] U Grandin, 2013-08-22" , "[source of definition ] Begon, M., et al. (1996). Ecology Individuals, Populations and Communities. Cambidge, Blackwell Science

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

  • 0000-0002-3565-4624

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21541

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