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Glossary of ALL Terms for Data on EOL

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radially symmetric
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001325
having equal proportion around a central point or axis
railway
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000065
A permanent way having one or more rails which provides a track for cars.
raised beach
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000415
A beach or wave cut platform raised above the shore line by a relative fall in the sea level.
raised mire
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000185
Rain-fed, potentially deep peatlands occurring principally in lowland areas across much of Northern Europe, as well as in the former USSR, North America and parts of the southern hemisphere.
ramsar site
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000365
A wetland protected by the terms of the Ramsar Convention (The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat).
range
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000035
The range is a measure of variation which describes the difference between the lowest score and the highest score in a set of numbers (a data set)
range midpoint latitude
http://eol.org/schema/terms/RangeMidpointLatitude
The angular distance, north or south of the earth's equator, of the midpoint of the known geographic range of an organism.
rangeland
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000247
A rangeland biome is an anthropogenic terrestrial biome which is primarily used for the rearing and grazing of livestock.
rapids
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000034
An area of broken, fast flowing water in a stream, where the slope of the bed increases (but without a prominent break of slope which might result in a waterfall), or where a gently dipping bar of harder rock outcrops.
rare
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3503448
A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened. Designation of a rare species may be made by an official body, such as a national government, state, or province. The term more commonly appears without reference to specific criteria. Rarity rests on a specific species being represented by a small number of organisms worldwide, usually fewer than 10,000. However, a species having a very narrow endemic range or fragmented habitat also influences the concept. Almost 75% of known species can be classified as rare.
ratio
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0010006
A dimensionless ratio unit
ravine
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000446
A ravine is a small, narrow, steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water. [ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ravine ]
record number
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordNumber
An identifier given to the Occurrence at the time it was recorded. Often serves as a link between field notes and an Occurrence record, such as a specimen collector's number
recorded by
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy
A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber), should be listed first.
rectilinear
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7303184
a mode of locomotion most often associated with snakes, using unidirectional traveling waves of muscular contraction
red
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000322
A color hue with high wavelength of the long-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers.
[database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]
red clay
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000045
Red clay, also known as pelagic clay, accumulates in the deepest and most remote areas of the ocean. Containing less than 30% biogenic material, its composition is a varied mix of very fine quartz and clay minerals, authigenic deposits precipitated directly from seawater, and micrometeorites. Though called "red" because it sometimes takes the color of oxidized iron minerals, it is usually brownish in color. Its ultimate origin is uncertain, but red clay seems to be mostly derived from distant rivers, and windblown dust. Covering 38% of the ocean floor, it accumulates more slowly than any other sediment type, at only 0.1-0.5 cm / 1000 yr.
red list criteria
http://eol.org/schema/terms/RedListCriteria
All new assessments and reassessments on the IUCN Red List use the 2001 IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. (Version 3.1)
http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
Red Sea
http://www.geonames.org/350155
red soil
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005790
redia
http://eol.org/schema/terms/redia
a larval form of a digenetic trematode that is produced within a sporocyst, has a mouth, pharynx, and gut
reedbed
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q620424
vegetational formation dominated by tall graminoids in wetlands
reef
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000130
A ridge of rocks, lying near the surface of the sea, which may be visible at low tide, but is usually covered by water.
reef edge
http://eol.org/schema/terms/reefEdge
reef slope
http://eol.org/schema/terms/reefSlope
"fore reef slope": a sand covered, gradual or sharply descending slope; the next-to-deepest part of the fore reef
https://definedterm.com/fore_reef_slope
reef terrace
http://eol.org/schema/terms/reefTerrace
"fore reef terrace": the uppermost portion of the fore reef; a flat plain beginning at the base of the buttress or mixed zone, at a depth of about 60 m
https://definedterm.com/fore_reef_terrace
reference
http://eol.org/schema/reference/referenceID
reflecting superposition eyes
https://eol.org/schema/terms/reflecting_superposition_eyes
superposition compound eyes where each ommatidium is equipped with a set of plane mirrors, aligned at right angles, forming a square. Rays entering the eye at an oblique angle encounter two surfaces of each mirror box rather than one surface. In this case, the pair of mirrors at right angles acts as a corner reflector. Corner reflectors reflect an incoming ray through 180 degrees, irrespective of the ray’s original direction. This ensures that all parallel rays reach the same focal point and means that the eye as a whole has no single axis, which allows the eye to operate over a wide angle.
https://www.britannica.com/science/photoreception/Superposition-eyes#ref278829
refracting superposition eyes
https://eol.org/schema/terms/refracting_superposition_eyes
superposition compound eyes where each ommatidium is equipped with a lens cylinder arrangement, producing the equivalent of a pair of lenses, with the first lens producing a small image halfway down the structure and the second lens turning the image back into a parallel beam. In the process the ray direction is reversed. Thus, the emerging beam is on the same side of the axis as the entering beam—the condition for obtaining a superposition image from the whole array.
https://www.britannica.com/science/photoreception/Superposition-eyes#ref278829
regenerator
http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_REG
Regenerators are excavators that dig and continuously maintain burrows in the sediment and by doing so they mechanically transfer sediment from depth to the surface.
regosol
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002256
Regosols form a taxonomic remnant group containing all soils that could not be accommodated in any of the other RSGs. In practice, Regosols are very weakly developed mineral soils in unconsolidated materials that do not have a mollic or umbric horizon, are not very shallow or very rich in gravels (Leptosols), sandy (Arenosols) or with fluvic materials (Fluvisols). Regosols are extensive in eroding lands, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas and in mountainous terrain.
remote
http://eol.org/schema/terms/remote
widely separated
https://biolwww.usask.ca/rareplants_sk/root/htm/en/researcher/5_gloss.php#R
representative record
https://eol.org/schema/terms/representative
Up to five of exemplary records per attribute, per taxon, may be labeled as representative records.
reproduction
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
reproduction temperature
http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RT
reproductive condition
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/reproductiveCondition
The reproductive condition of the biological individual(s) represented in the Occurrence. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
reproductive skew
http://eol.org/schema/terms/ReproductiveSkew
reproductive strategy
http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/STRAT
timing of reproduction: one reproduction event, (semelparous) or multiple events (iteroparous)
reservoir
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000025
An artificial body of water, often contained by a dam, constructed for the purpose of water storage.
resin
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0025603
plant substance that consists of a complex mixture of organic aromatic compounds such as mono-, sesqui-, and diterpenoids.
respiratory rate
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0001026
The total amount of oxygen consumed or carbon lost metabolically per unit time
respiratory system
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C12779
The organs involved in the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen including the trachea, bronchi, and lung parenchyma.
resprout ability after clipping
http://eol.org/schema/terms/RespClip
The ability of woody perennials to resprout following top (above ground biomass) removal.
BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (RespClip), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields (Resprout Ability). http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
resprout ability after disturbance
http://eol.org/schema/terms/RespDist
Resprouting ability after an undefined disturbance that removed most of the aboveground biomass.
BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (RespDist), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
resprout ability after fire
http://eol.org/schema/terms/RespFire
Resprouting ability one year after being ca. 100% scorched or burned by fire.
BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (RespFire), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm;
resprouter
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7316016
plants able to survive fire by the activation of dormant vegetative buds to produce regrowth
Restinga
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3305106
Atlantic Coast Restingas, ecoregion. Vegetation complex ocurring in the seaside lowlands of Brazil, establishing over sea deposits of sandy sediment. It comprises open or scrubby profiles nearer the beaches, while inland it is forms tall forests.
resupinate fungus
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q116435945
cap- and stem-less, crust-like mushroom whose fertile surface is attached to the substrate
reticulate
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16868813
net-like pattern, arrangement, or structure
reviewer(s)
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Reviewer
rhaetian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Rhaetian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
rhizomatous plant
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0005532
a plant having a rhizome, a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome
rhizome
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0004542
A swollen shoot axis that grows horizontally at or below the substrate surface and produces shoots above and roots or rhizoids below.
[database_cross_reference: POC:curators]
rhizome length
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000553
the length of a rhizome
rhizomes or roots
http://eol.org/schema/terms/rhizomesOrRoots
Rhizomes, roots or both (specific bud source is unknown)
http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
rhizosphere
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005801
The narrow region of soil that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated soil microorganisms.
rhizovore
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000085
An herbivore that primarily consumes roots
rhuddanian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Rhuddanian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
rhyacian period
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Rhyacian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
ria
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000418
A submergent coastal landform that forms where sea levels rise relative to the land either as a result of eustatic sea level change; where the global sea levels rise or isostatic sea level change; where the land sinks. When this happens valleys which were previously at sea level become submerged.
rice field
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000296
A paddy field for the cultivation of rice.
ridge
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000283
A long and narrow upland with steep sides.
riffle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000148
A shallow stretch of a river or stream, where the current is above the average stream velocity and where the water forms small rippled waves as a result. It often consists of a rocky bed of gravels or other small stones.
rift lake
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000203
A lake which forms as a result of subsidence along a geological fault in the Earth's tectonic plates.
rill
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000496
A narrow and shallow incision into soil resulting from erosion by overland flow that has been focused into a thin thread by soil surface roughness. Rilling, the process of rill formation, is common on agricultural land and unvegetated ground.
rincon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000497
An incised meander on a river.
riparian wetland
http://eol.org/schema/terms/riparianWetland
river
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000022
Natural freshwater surface streams of considerable volume and a permanent or seasonal flow, moving in a definite channel toward a sea, lake, or another river; any large streams, or ones larger than brooks or creeks, such as the trunk stream and larger branches of a drainage system.
river
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000253
river bank
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000143
The sloping margin of a river, serving to confine it to its natural channel.
river bed
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000384
The channel bottom of a river; the physical confine of the normal water flow.
river island
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000423
An island that lies in a river.
river mouth
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000386
The end of a stream where it enters a standing water body such as a lake, sea or ocean.
river valley
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000171
A valley that contains, and has been formed by, a river.
rna:dna ratio
http://eol.org/schema/terms/RNAtoDNAratio
ratio of RNA to DNA biomass fractions in an organism
roadian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Roadian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
roadside soil
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005743
rock
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00001995
A mass of the mineral material of the crust of the Earth.
rockfall
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000521
An irregular mass of fallen rock at the base of a cliff or steep slope.
rockhouse
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000440
A shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff.
rocky desert
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000173
rocky grassland
http://eol.org/schema/terms/rockyGrassland
rocky outcrops with vegetation
https://eol.org/schema/terms/rockyVegetated
Inselbergs or rock outcrops surrounded by vegetation
rocky sand
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005799
root crown
http://eol.org/schema/terms/rootCrown
A root crown, also known as the root collar or root neck, is that part of a root system from which a stem arises.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Root_crown&oldid=545689803
root feeder
http://eol.org/schema/terms/root_feeder
herbivorous animal which eats primarily roots
root nodule
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000164
Root nodules occur on the roots of plants that associate with symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
rooting depth
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000519
It is calculated from the deepest soil layer where roots were present and the longest root measured in the layer.
[database_cross_reference: GR:pj] [database_cross_reference: PMID:12582650]
roots
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009005
root: A plant axis (PO:0025004) that is part of a root system (PO:0025025).
[database_cross_reference: POC:curators]
rosette
http://eol.org/schema/terms/rosette
a circular arrangement of leaves or of structures resembling leaves. In flowering plants, rosettes usually sit near the soil. Their structure is an example of a modified stem in which the internode gaps between the leaves do not expand, so that all the leaves remain clustered tightly together and at a similar height
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_(botany)
rotationally symmetric
http://eol.org/schema/terms/rotationally_symmetric
Rotational symmetry of order n, also called n-fold rotational symmetry, or discrete rotational symmetry of the nth order, with respect to a particular point (in 2D) or axis (in 3D) means that rotation by an angle of 360°/n (180°, 120°, 90°, 72°, 60°, 51 3⁄7°, etc.) does not change the object
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotational_symmetry#Discrete_rotational_symmetry
rubber plantation
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000164
ruderal
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q279596
Ruderal or weedy species are the first to colonize disturbed areas. They are fast-growing and rapidly complete their life cycles, and generally produce large numbers of offspring.
running
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000055
The act of locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that periodically none of the limbs are touching the ground.
rupelian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Rupelian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
russia
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q159