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evolutionarily significant unit [‚ev·ə‚lü·shə¦ner·ə·lē sig¦nif·i·kənt ′yü·nət]

(ecology)

A distinct local population within a species that has very different behavioral and phenological traits and thus harbors enough genetic uniqueness to warrant its own management and conservation agenda. Abbreviated ESU.

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No references found			Dimmick, Critique of the Evolutionary Significant Unit as a Definition for "Distinct Population Segments" Under the US Endangered Species Act, 11 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 611, 617 (1997) (claiming that the new definition of "evolutionary significant units" is less protective than the older concept of "distinct population segments"); Walter W. Science, law, and the environment: the making of a modern discipline by Brosnan, Deborah M. / Environmental Law 250) could leave the impression that the evolutionary significant unit (ESU) is the de facto concept employed for all listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act. Letters by Science News An evolutionary significant unit, or ESU, represents the basic building block of conservation. What's Worth Saving? by MILIUS, SUSAN / Science News			Evno Fishelevich Azef evocation evoked potential evolute Evolute and Involute Evolution evolution pressure evolution strategy Evolution, Biological Evolution, Doctrine of Evolution, Rate of evolutionarily significant unit evolutionary algorithm evolutionary computation evolutionary distance evolutionary divergence evolutionary force Evolutionary Morphology and Animal Ecology, Institute of evolutionary operation Evolutionary Physiology Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of evolutionary plasticity evolutionary programming evolutionary progress evolutionary rate Evolutionary significant unit evolutionary strategy evolutionary tree evolutionary trend Evolutionist School evolved gas analysis evolvon evolware Évora Evoron Evorsion evorsion hollow Evpatii Kolovrat Evpatoriia Evpatoriia Bay Evpatoriya EVPL EVR Evreinov, Ivan Evreinov, Ivan Mikhailovich Évreux Évripos Evropeets Evropeus, Aleksandr Evropeus, Aleksandr Ivanovich Évros			Evolutionary Object Store Evolutionary Operation Evolutionary Operation Evolutionary Operation of Processes Evolutionary Optimization Evolutionary Origin of Bipolar Disorder Evolutionary Particle Swarm Optimization Evolutionary Personality Theory Evolutionary Phase Implementation Plan Evolutionary physiology Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of evolutionary plasticity Evolutionary pressure Evolutionary Pressurized Reactor Evolutionary Pressurized Water Reactor Evolutionary Process for the Integration of COTS-Based Systems Evolutionary program Evolutionary programming Evolutionary programming Evolutionary Programming Society Evolutionary progress Evolutionary psychologist evolutionary psychology evolutionary psychology evolutionary rate Evolutionary Retention Index Evolutionary robotics Evolutionary significant unit Evolutionary Significant Units Evolutionary socialism Evolutionary socialism Evolutionary Spiral Process Evolutionary stable strategy evolutionary strategy Evolutionary Structural Testing Evolutionary Study of Social behaviour Evolutionary Study of Social behaviour Evolutionary Study of Social behaviour Evolutionary Technologies International, Inc. Evolutionary Technology Insertion Evolutionary Test of Predicted Exons Evolutionary theorist Evolutionary theorist Evolutionary theorist Evolutionary theorist Evolutionary Theory by Natural Selection Evolutionary Theory of the Firm Evolutionary tree Evolutionary tree/Animalia Evolutionary tree/Animalia Evolutionary tree/Animalia Evolutionary tree/Animalia Evolutionary tree/Chordata Evolutionary tree/Chordata Evolutionary tree/Chordata Evolutionary tree/Sarcoptergii evolutionary trend evolutionary trend

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evolutionarily significant unit (redirected from Evolutionary significant unit)

evolutionarily significant unit
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