Anthropochore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anthropochore is a noun meaning (ecology) A species that depends on anthropochory as a routine means of reproductive dispersal.
Meaning
(ecology) A species that depends on anthropochory as a routine means of reproductive dispersal.
More Meanings
- (ecology) A population of a species in a region where it does not natively occur, established by anthropochorous events in the past.
Example Sentences
Although most anthropochores undoubtedly have been transported by man from the Old World to the New, there is evidence that at least some now known from Europe first became known from the United States and were carried east.
Word Forms
- anthropochores
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anthropochory, ectoanthropochory, endoanthropochory, anthropophily, anthrome, anthophily.
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