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Preferred term

extinction

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Definition

  • [Henderson's] n. (1) the complete disappearance of a species from the Earth; (2) (behav.) process by which learned behaviour pat­terns cease to be performed when they are not reinforced; (3) ( phys.) absorbance q.v.

Broader concept

Note

  • [controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_188

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