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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. stenotopic species

Preferred term

stenotopic species

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information An organism tolerating only a narrow range of environmental conditions or adaptable to only a narrow range of environmental changes. Unable to live in a wide variety of habitats, stenotopic species have a restricted geographic distribution as compared with eurytopic species.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • stenotopes
  • stenotopic organisms

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/196670

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