microenvironments

A form of microenvironment — A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings; the milieu (set of conditions) within this area.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of microenvironment

    As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

    1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4
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