Glossary of Ecology - T

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• tactile display - when a signlar touches the receiver in ritualized ways
• terrestrial ecology
• terrestrial ecoregion
• territory - an area that one or more individuals defend against competition.
• threat display - a signal used by any certain species in order to show that the user intends to attack
• Theoretical ecology - the development of ecological theory, usually with mathematical, statistical and/or computer modeling tools
• total fertility rate - the average number of children that a mother bears in a population during their years of reproduction.
• trophic cascade
• trophic level - where an organism is on the food chain—what it eats, and what eats it
• tropical rain forest - a biome characterized by regular, heavy rainfall, with a humidity of 80 plus percent, and biodiversity
• tundra - a permanently frozen, treeless expanse between the icecap and treeline of Arctic regions