Climatic relict species

Japanese: 気候的遺存種 - きこうてきいぞんしゅ
Climatic relict species

Mysis relicta (arthropod, mysid) that lives in lakes in Northern Europe is known to have originally been marine, but survived by adapting to freshwater environments after the lakes were cut off from the sea. In addition, species that were widely distributed in the cold climate of the Ice Age, but have since been reduced to circumpolar and alpine regions due to the warming climate, are sometimes called climatic or glacial relict species. These include alpine plants and animals. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "climatic relict species" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北ヨーロッパの湖にすむMysis relicta(節足動物アミ類)は,もともとは海水産だが,水域が海から切り離され,淡水化した水域に適応して生き残ったものとして知られている。また氷河時代の寒冷気候のもとでは広く分布していたが,その後の温暖化によって周極地域や高山地帯にのみ分布を縮小したものを気候的遺存種とか氷河遺存種とよぶことがある。高山植物や高山動物とされているものがそれにあたる。…

※「気候的遺存種」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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