refugium
noun
an area where special environmental circumstances have enabled a species or a community of species to survive after extinction in surrounding areas.
refugia
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pluralof refugium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One example could be to identify the areas with the potential to become climate refugia.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024
The cooler sites, for example, could serve as refugia for organisms that otherwise could not withstand spiking temperatures.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
Still, as with all other potential refugia besides eastern Eurasia, there is currently very little direct archaeological evidence of humans in this part of the world.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2021
“That doesn’t leave many refugia for these species to hide out in and recover and then repopulate and move back into the burned areas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2019
In the savannas there are depressions, some of which contain water throughout the year; these are often surrounded by trees providing refugia for amphibians during the dry season.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.
