Taxa

Taxa stems from the Latin verb taxāre, meaning “to assess” and related of course to tax but also to touch, task, taste, tangible, and the much-used Global English word contact.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Taxa stems from the Latin verb taxāre, meaning “to assess” and related of course to tax but also to touch, task, taste, tangible, and the much-used Global English word contact.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

It was just that I’d promised my best friend, Fenton, and five others that I would log the lonely bun’s Taxa number on their behalf and thus allow them to note it as “proxy seen” in their animal - spotter books.

Excerpt: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde 2009

Taxa that have an appendix are in red, taxa in which there is a mixture of species with and without an appendix are in blue, and those without any appendix at all are in gray.

Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb 2009

Taxa that are capable of emigrating to new areas have additional options to cope with rapid climate change, although access issues are likely to preclude such movements to suitable conditions.

Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic 2009

For over half a decade, the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) has been performing a thorough chronicle of the biodiversity within the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

Taxa most likely to expand into tundra are boreal taxa that currently exist in river valleys and could spread into the uplands, or animal groups such as wood-boring beetles that are presently excluded due to a lack of food resources.

Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009

Taxa with short generation times (e.g., zooplankton) will be able to evolve more rapidly than those with longer generation times (e.g., fish).

Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic 2009

An All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) is a concentrated effort to determine all species within a given area within a short time frame.

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

Taxa with a high level of local endemism include cacti, butterflies, spiders, scorpions, ants, lizards and snakes.

Chihuahuan desert 2008