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URI:
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active primarily during dawn and dusk
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animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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precocial
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Parent(s) provide neither food nor thermoregulation (e.g., pheasants and ducks)
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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amphibians
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class of tetrapods, whose living forms include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians
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vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills
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phylum of invertebrate animals
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animals that typically have a long tube-like body
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macroalga
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macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed
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northern hemisphere
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temperate
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brackish water
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A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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arboreal (locomotion)
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Behavior related to the locomotion of animals in trees.
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male larger
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/male_larger
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Auto-added during harvest #67. A human needs to edit this.
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Fairbairn
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swimming
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Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.
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flight
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Definition:
self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement
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monogamous
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Definition:
One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship
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migratory
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/migratory
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makes regular daily or seasonal movements between different regions or habitats
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actively mobile
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
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uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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Asia
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The Nearctic
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
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one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
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the Palearctic
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447
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largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface
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protection
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2251595
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action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events
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provisioning
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419
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supplying materials, especially food
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female provides care
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale
Definition:
the female feeds and nurtures offspring
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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social system
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group living
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving
Definition:
where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_living
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carnivore
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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Crustacean body sizes
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piscivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208
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carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.
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