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endemism

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endemism [′en·də‚miz·əm]
(medicine)
The state or quality of being endemic.


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Mountain ecosystems are marked by high levels of biodiversity and endemism (when a species is found only in a particular place) due to the isolation of mountains from one another and the lowlands.
Ultimately, Healy aims to determine the degree of endemism and the host associations of these parasites.
In 1998, the US Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management supported an intensive monitoring project to determine whether the bee should be listed as an endangered species, in part because of its narrow endemism.
 
 
 
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