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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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Parent(s) provide neither food nor thermoregulation (e.g., pheasants and ducks)
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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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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390
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a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152
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vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills
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multi-tissue plant structures that develop from a plant ovule and have as parts a plant embryo enclosed in a seed coat.
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Ontology Description: http://www.plantontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/po.owl
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5113
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class of tetrapods
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class of tetrapods
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A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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Incorporated populated place.
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freshwater
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A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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anthropogenic
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Definition:
a geographic feature resulting from the influence of human beings on nature.
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has sexual dimorphism
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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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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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polygynous
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Definition:
One male has an exclusive mating relationship with two or more females
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One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship
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makes regular daily or seasonal movements between different regions or habitats
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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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native range includes
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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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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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The Neotropics
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
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one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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parental care
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female provides care
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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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provisioning
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419
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supplying materials, especially food
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action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events
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social system
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group living
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving
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where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction
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omnivore
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
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organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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