Scotobiology, the Glossary
Scotobiology is the study of biology as directly and specifically affected by darkness, as opposed to photobiology, which describes the biological effects of light.[1]
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37 relations: Amphibian, Animal, Animal husbandry, Biological life cycle, Biology, Bird, Canada, Dark-sky movement, Dark-sky preserve, Darkness, District Municipality of Muskoka, Dormancy, Ecological light pollution, Ecology, Flower, Foraging, Greek language, Immune system, Insect, Light, Light effects on circadian rhythm, Light pollution, Metabolism, Microorganism, Moonlight, Night sky, Nocturnality, Photobiology, Photoperiodism, Photosynthesis, Phototropism, Plant, Sky brightness, Social behavior, Systems biology, Visual perception, Wavelength.
Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
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Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.
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Biological life cycle
In biology, a biological life cycle (or just life cycle when the biological context is clear) is a series of stages of the life of an organism, that begins as a zygote, often in an egg, and concludes as an adult that reproduces, producing an offspring in the form of a new zygote which then itself goes through the same series of stages, the process repeating in a cyclic fashion.
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Biology
Biology is the scientific study of life.
Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Dark-sky movement
The dark-sky movement is a campaign to reduce light pollution.
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Dark-sky preserve
A dark-sky preserve (DSP) is an area, usually surrounding a park or observatory, that restricts or reduces light pollution or maintains and protects naturally dark night skies.
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Darkness
Darkness is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light.
District Municipality of Muskoka
The District Municipality of Muskoka, more generally referred to as the District of Muskoka or Muskoka, is a regional municipality in Central Ontario, Canada.
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Dormancy
Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity are temporarily stopped.
Ecological light pollution
Ecological light pollution is the effect of artificial light on individual organisms and on the structure of ecosystems as a whole.
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Ecology
Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Scotobiology and Ecology are Branches of biology.
Flower
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).
Foraging
Foraging is searching for wild food resources.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Immune system
The immune system is a network of biological systems that protects an organism from diseases.
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Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.
Light
Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye.
Light effects on circadian rhythm
Light effects on circadian rhythm are the response of circadian rhythms to light.
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Light pollution
Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting.
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Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
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Microorganism
A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
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Moonlight
Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes.
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Night sky
The night sky is the nighttime appearance of celestial objects like stars, planets, and the Moon, which are visible in a clear sky between sunset and sunrise, when the Sun is below the horizon.
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Nocturnality
Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
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Photobiology
Photobiology is the scientific study of the beneficial and harmful interactions of light (technically, non-ionizing radiation) in living organisms. Scotobiology and Photobiology are Branches of biology.
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Photoperiodism
Photoperiod is the change of day length around the seasons.
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Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.
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Phototropism
In biology, phototropism is the growth of an organism in response to a light stimulus.
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Plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic.
Sky brightness
Sky brightness refers to the visual perception of the sky and how it scatters and diffuses light.
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Social behavior is behavior among two or more organisms within the same species, and encompasses any behavior in which one member affects the other.
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Systems biology
Systems biology is the computational and mathematical analysis and modeling of complex biological systems. Scotobiology and systems biology are Branches of biology.
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Visual perception
Visual perception is the ability to interpret the surrounding environment through photopic vision (daytime vision), color vision, scotopic vision (night vision), and mesopic vision (twilight vision), using light in the visible spectrum reflected by objects in the environment.
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Wavelength
In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.
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