microhemipopulation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

micro- +‎ hemipopulation

Noun[edit]

microhemipopulation (plural microhemipopulations)

  1. A subset of a hemipopulation that occurs in a specific environment.
    • 2013, K. V. Galaktionov, A. Dobrovolskij, The Biology and Evolution of Trematodes, page 370:
      As for the number of young individuals recruited to the microhemipopulation, in this instance it is determined by the total abundance of the group and the physiological state of the mollusc.