Outline of Quino Recovery Plan - The Xerces Society
Outline of Quino Recovery Plan - The Xerces Society
Outline of Quino Recovery Plan - The Xerces Society
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APPENDIX IV<br />
Glossary <strong>of</strong> Terms<br />
Diapause: A low-metabolic resting state similar to hibernation that enables<br />
larvae to survive for months during the summer without feeding.<br />
Ecological connectivity: <strong>The</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> undeveloped wildlands between two<br />
areas. May or may not include landscape connectivity between habitat patches.<br />
Habitat areas or populations lacking ecological connectivity are termed<br />
completely isolated.<br />
Extinction: Global disappearance <strong>of</strong> a species (or subspecies as used in this<br />
recovery plan).<br />
Extirpation: Disappearance <strong>of</strong> a local population.<br />
Forbland: A vegetation community dominated by forbs (broad-leaved<br />
herbaceous plants).<br />
Habitat connectivity: <strong>The</strong> degree <strong>of</strong> fragmentation within habitat patches. If<br />
roads or other development occurs within a habitat patch to the point that adults<br />
cannot move freely between micro-patches <strong>of</strong> larval hostplants and other<br />
required resources, then one habitat patch may effectively become two or more<br />
with intervening areas becoming dispersal corridors or linkage areas that support<br />
limited exchange between habitat patches. Habitat patches with poor habitat<br />
connectivity are termed fragmented, and are generally prone to higher levels <strong>of</strong><br />
ongoing degradation.<br />
Habitat complex: A spatially clustered set <strong>of</strong> confirmed <strong>Quino</strong> checkerspot<br />
observation or collection records that delineate at least part <strong>of</strong> a currently<br />
undescribed population or metapopulation distribution.<br />
Instar: <strong>The</strong> period between hatching from the egg to first molt (shedding skin) in<br />
larvae, and between molts after that.<br />
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