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Keywords: Habitat, Refugia, Relict, Survive, Drastic

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A locality that has escaped drastic alteration following climatic change, in contrast to the region as whole (plural refugia).

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Locations and habitats that support populations of organisms that are limited to small fragments of their previous geographic range.

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an area in which a population of organisms can survive through a period of unfavorable conditions

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An area that has escaped ecological changes occurring elsewhere and so provides a suitable habitat for relict species.

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An isolated area where extensive changes, typically due to changing climate or by disturbances such as those caused by humans, have not occurred and where plants and animals typical of a region may survive.

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