Nearctic
- noun
- /ˈnɪrktɪk/
- Specialized
- Zwolfer (1988) discovered that Nearctic thistles have a much smaller and less diverse insect fauna than European thistles.
- Nearctic-Neotropical migrant
- Nearctic-Neotropical
Examples
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Hawkins (1990) made a more general survey assessing numbers of parasitoid species per host insect species in six different herbivore guild classes in the Nearctic and in the north Palearctic (largely Britain).
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Nearctic ecoregions are adapted from the ecoregion systems of Omernik (1995), Gallant et al. (1995), Wiken et al. (1989), and Rzedowski (1978).
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Rappole has noted that during winter, most of the Nearctic-Neotropical migrant species move into established bird communities.
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It includes over 2,500 species of Nearctic Chalcidoidea wasps that belong to 20 different families.
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Lion Heart's great-grandsire Storm Bird was bred by Taylor, as were that horse's sire and grandsire, Northern Dancer and Nearctic.
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One Nearctic-Neotropical migrant that uses Delaware as a stopover is a type of sandpiper known as the red knot.
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The cerulean warbler is an example of a highly threatened Nearctic-Neotropical migrant whose summer breeding grounds have been known to include Delaware.
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The Nearctic region is home to diverse wildlife, including species such as the bald eagle and the American bison.
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Many birds migrate from the Nearctic each winter to warmer climates in the Neotropical region.
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The flora in the Nearctic is distinct, featuring coniferous forests and a variety of temperate plants.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nearctic comes from the parts near ('close') and Arctic ('the cold north'). So as a noun it names the region of North America that lies near the Arctic and shares its typical plants and animals.
