biological diversity and tropical forests in tunisia - PART

GLOSSARY
Anatid - Sirds of the Anatidae family; specifically, swans, geese ard
ducks.
Archipelago - A g-o~p of islacds.
ASL - Above Sea Level; used ir place of FGT (~iveau General de ~unisie).
Djebel - The arabic tern for mourtair.
Carrlgue - The frerch tern for opec, low brushfields composed of woody
plarts oftec less thac 50 co tall.
Halophlle - Salt tole-act placts.
Halophyte - Plarts with high salt cxcect,:atj ocs ic thel? leaves.
Herpetofauna (als3 fierpss) - Reptiles acd amphibiacs.
Hygrophile - P1act.s that g?ow or. wet soils.
Maghreb - The a~abic tg-n fo- the regioc of No-th Africa iccludicg
Mohcco, Alge~ia ard T,cisia.
Maquis - The f~ecch tey. fo? decse bzushflelds donirated by small trees 07
sh~ubs fzon 2 to 5-8 n tall.
Nitrophile - Placts that ow best. or soils with high cltzogec
coccectra tiocs.
Olea-lectiscus fonnatior - A plact associatioc dominated by europaea
acd Pistecia lertisczs.
Oued - The azabic tezm f o rive?. ~
Sirocc6 - Fot, d-y wicds that origicat~ ic the Saha-a.
Sward - Opec a-eas domirated by low woody plants; shorte? and sparser thar
ir garrigues.
Waders - Bi-ds that feed OR shorelines OF wade icto the watez; iccludes
birds comnocly called shorebirds.
Waterfowl - Ic this text the tern iccliides most bizds that ~sually swim
while feedir.~: Acatids, coots, moo~hecs, etc.
Xerothermic - Plarts tole-act to d-y cocditiocs.