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HOLARCTIQUE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1999-07-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Biogeography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- holarctic
1, record 1, English, holarctic
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Of or pertaining to the entire northern or arctic region, as the holarctic region, or holarctic family of birds. 2, record 1, English, - holarctic
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Mexico is in a zone where two biogeographical kingdoms converge, and this unique type of vegetation has tropical and holarctic elements. 3, record 1, English, - holarctic
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Mr. P. Sclater divided the surface of the globe into six great zoological regions, two of which, the "Palæarctic" and "Nearctic", comprised the Old and the New World respectively north of the Tropic of Cancer (nearly). It has since been proposed to unite these into one region, to which Prof. A. Newton has applied the term "holarctic". It corresponds essentially to Huxley's "arctogæal". 2, record 1, English, - holarctic
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Holarctic ecology, falcon, fauna, genus, region. 4, record 1, English, - holarctic
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Biogéographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- holarctique
1, record 1, French, holarctique
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Qui se rapporte à la] région [biogéographique] de l'hémisphère boréal, au nord de la Méditerranée en Europe, comprenant toute la Sibérie, le Nord de la Chine, la majeure partie de l'Amérique du Nord. 2, record 1, French, - holarctique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Cette] région [...] comprend l'Ancien Monde (Paléarctique et Eurasie) et le Nouveau Monde (Néarctique et Amérique du Nord). 3, record 1, French, - holarctique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Harfang des neiges. [...] Type faunique : holarctique. Habitant de la toundra, on le rencontre nicheur dans le nord de l'Alaska, des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, du Québec et dans les îles de l'Arctique. Il occupe également le pourtour du Groenland, l'Islande, les grandes îles de l'Arctique eurasiatique, ainsi que la toundra de la Scandinavie à la Sibérie. Il hiverne jusqu'au nord des États-Unis, parfois plus au sud, au centre de l'Europe, en Russie, au nord de la Chine et au Japon. 4, record 1, French, - holarctique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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