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faunal

faunal

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About animals in a particular place or time
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɔːnəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : faunístico
  • Native plant and faunal biodiversity was better maintained on ranches and protected areas than on exurban developments.
  • faunal remains
  • faunal abundance
  • faunal group

Examples

  • The rate and extent of this faunal collapse are greater in smaller reserves than in larger ones (Bierregaard and Lovejoy 1988).

    Academic text (1992)
  • Several independent studies have since confirmed that the same kind of faunal change that took place in South Africa also occurred in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Most of the boxes, he explains, contain faunal remains from the middens. "These are useful

    Academic text (2007)
  • The finding prompted further fieldwork in the region to focus on salmon when searching for faunal remains.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Frequency distributions of study duration were plotted separately for each faunal group.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The tribe encourages collaboration with Western scientists for basic ecological research, botanical and faunal inventories, and the study and recording of Kuna traditions and culture.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In fact, fire is central to longleaf-pine habitat, facilitating faunal and floral succession and clearing out less biodiversity-supportive hardwoods.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Over six years of excavation, EPI produced more than 5,000 artifacts and floral and faunal specimens, as well as a great deal of information about the vessel's construction.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Last year, a refuse-filled cellar on the property once owned by the Bulters, an African American family, yielded nearly 1,000 faunal remains that show a dietary pattern called Upland South: lots of pig, chicken, and very little beef.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The researchers noted a significant increase in faunal populations following the conservation efforts in the region.

Surface Forms

faunal positive

Morphology

faunal = fauna (transparent) = fauna + al

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'fauna' with the common suffix '-al', meaning 'relating to fauna'.

Etymology

Faunal comes from the word fauna, a Latin word meaning 'animals' that you can see in the common phrase 'flora and fauna'. So faunal means 'of the animals', which is why a 'faunal survey' looks at the animals living in a place.