Ubiquist
An ubiquist ( Latin ubique , 'everywhere' , 'ubiquitous') is understood to be an animal or plant species that inhabits a large number of different habitats, at least in part of its range. This often includes areas with few species that are heavily influenced by human use, such as agricultural areas in intensive agriculture . The prerequisite is the ability of the species to endure a wide range of different environmental factors ( euryokia ) and the ability to spread rapidly. If the ubiquists are animals, this species is also known as the azoic species.
The evidence of ubiquists in a biotope generally says little about the value of the biotope from a nature conservation point of view. As a rule, no special species protection measures are required to preserve these species . The success of a nature conservation measure cannot be measured by the occurrence of ubiquists, even if they should make up the majority of the conspicuously visible species.
An example would be the small cabbage white butterfly , which is found in large cities as well as on clearings, golf turfs and fields.
In contrast to a ubiquist (widespread, not tied to a particular biotope), there is the term cosmopolitan, which is often confused with it (spread over large parts of the world and possibly also tied to a special biotope).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas M. Smith, Robert L. Smith: Ecology . Pearson Education, 2009, pp. 444 .
- ↑ For example, in the lexicon game Nobody is perfect , Version 2009, “Ubiquist” is described as “animal or plant species spread over large parts of the world” and is thus obviously confused with cosmopolitan.