Subnivium

Quick meaning: Subnivium is a noun meaning (ecology) The seasonal microenvironment beneath the snow.

Meaning

(ecology) The seasonal microenvironment beneath the snow.

Example Sentences

Without a snow cover, the duration of frozen soil will increase, causing winter cooling for subnivium-dependent organisms (Zhu et al., 2019).

Scientists have long studied the subnivium, a stratum of life that exists within and below the snowpack. The subnivium enjoys a microclimate created by heat and moisture escaping the ground.

Voles and shrews thriving in networks of tunnels in the subnivium would experience a loss of their snowy refuge and face greater metabolic demands to cope with more-frequent and harsher exposure to the elements.

Word Forms

• subnivia

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snowbed, nivation, snowbase, snowpit, subarctic, snogaine.

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