| tall sward & scrub |
Areas of dense herbage or partial shade where a humid microclimate is maintained at ground level. Dominance by woody plants is limited by exposure, grazing or cutting of vegetation, but they often form an important component of the habitat. |
habitat |
| temporary water dependant |
Small water bodies (small ponds, depressions or ruts) that completely dry up for part of the year, leaving no standing water. Usually free of fish and other predators that require a water body all year around. |
resource |
| terrestrial aspect |
Many species have a terrestrial aspect to their lives. This could include pupation in the soil, feeding on the ground in fruits that have fallen etc. |
resource |
| tidal litter |
An accumulation of dead plant remains and other material either on the surface or buried by wave action in the top layers of sand and silt. |
resource |
| tree pools |
Tree associated pools come in many forms. These are not rot holes in the sense of being derived from fungal decay of wood, but cavities in which debris rots. |
resource |
| tree-associated |
A biotope associated with woodland and wood-pasture systems. |
broad biotope |
| trunk & branches |
Arboreal species associated with the trunk and branches (as opposed to the leaf canopy) of living trees. |
resource |
| trunks & branches |
Species associated with the outer layers of decaying trunk and branches. |
resource |
