ecocore-base.obo

format-version: 1.2
data-version: ecocore/releases/2022-03-09/ecocore-base.owl
remark: An ontology of core ecological entities
ontology: ecocore/ecocore-base
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/type IAO:8000001
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/terms/license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
property_value: owl:versionInfo "2022-03-09" xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000001
name: food web
def: "A system in which living entities consume living, dead, or non-living entities or are consumed by other living entities through trophic interactions." [] {http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000119="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_web"}
synonym: "consumer-resource system" EXACT []
synonym: "topological web" RELATED []
synonym: "trophic system" EXACT []
synonym: "web of life" RELATED []
is_a: RO:0002577
relationship: BFO:0000051 ECOCORE:00000003 ! food chain

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000002
name: food cycle
def: "A food web in which the outputs of a trophic interaction are consumed by organisms acting in a lower trophic level relative to the initial interaction." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000001 ! food web
property_value: IAO:0000116 "Definition needs revision, but core intention is captured." xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000003
name: food chain
def: "A system in which a series of living entities consume living, dead, or non-living entities in successively higher trophic levels." [] {http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000119="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_web"}
synonym: "consumer-resource chain" EXACT []
synonym: "trophic chain" EXACT []
is_a: RO:0002577

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000004
name: trophic function
def: "A function which inheres in a living entity by virtue of that entity being able to feed on a material." []
is_a: BFO:0000034
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000005
name: heterotrophic function
def: "A function which inheres in a living entity by virtue of that entity being able to feed on living or once-living (dead) material." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000004 ! trophic function
relationship: BFO:0000054 ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000006
name: autotrophic function
def: "A function which inheres in a living entity by virtue of that entity being able to harvest energy and create biomass from non-living materials." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000004 ! trophic function
relationship: BFO:0000054 ECOCORE:00000009 ! autotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000007
name: mixotrophic function
def: "A function which inheres in a living entity by virtue of that entity being able to realize autotrophic and heterotrophic functions." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000004 ! trophic function
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000008
name: trophic process
def: "A process during which a living entity acquires or generates food and energy from a living, dead, or non-living entity." []
is_a: BFO:0000015
relationship: BFO:0000051 GO:0045333
property_value: IAO:0000116 "All categories of interaction partners should be indentified in subclasses." xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000009
name: autotrophy
def: "A trophic process during which a living entity acquires energy and generates biomass from non-living entities." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000008 ! trophic process
property_value: IAO:0000116 "This should be axiomatised and made a defined class: any trophic interaction which has as input some inorganic material (non-living) that is the only source of carbon or reducing equivalents source is a autotrophic process." xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000010
name: heterotroph
def: "An organism that obtains carbon for growth and development by metabolizing biogenic organic compounds derived from living or dead material." []
synonym: "consumer" RELATED []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000011
name: heterotrophy
def: "A trophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming another organism or organism part, living or dead." []
synonym: "consumption" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000008 ! trophic process
property_value: IAO:0000116 "This should be axiomatised and made a defined class: any trophic interaction which has as input some organic material (living or dead) that is the only source of carbon or reducing equivalents source is a autotrophic process." xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000012
name: mixotroph
def: "An organism which is capable of heterotrophic and autotrophic trophic processes." []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000013
name: nectivory
def: "A herbivorous process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming nectar." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000020 ! herbivory
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date 2022-03-09T17:05:35Z xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000014
name: lithotrophy
def: "A trophic process during which a living entity acquires reducing equivalents from inorganic chemicals for use in biosynthesis or energy conservation via aerobic or anaerobic respiration." [] {http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000119="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithotroph"}
is_a: ECOCORE:00000008 ! trophic process
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000015
name: fungivore
def: "A heterotroph which consumes fungi." []
synonym: "fungal feeder" EXACT []
synonym: "mycophage" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
intersection_of: RO:0002215 ECOCORE:00000016 ! fungivory
intersection_of: RO:0002470 NCBITaxon:4751
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000016
name: fungivory
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming living fungal material." []
comment: In this class, we make no commitment to whether the organism belongs to a taxon which has adapted to a fungi-heavy diet: this is a functional defintion, referencing the act of eating, primarily, a fungi-based diet.
synonym: "fungal feeding" EXACT []
synonym: "mycophagy" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000017
name: phototrophy
def: "A trophic process during which a living entity generates food from abiotic sources or through consumption of living or dead material, and captures energy from light." [] {http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000119="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototroph"}
is_a: ECOCORE:00000008 ! trophic process
relationship: BFO:0000051 GO:0015979
relationship: BFO:0000051 GO:0045333
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000018
name: life history
def: "A history which includes all the processes during which resources are used by an organism to grow, survive, and reproduce over its lifetime." [] {http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000119="ISBN:9781305967335", http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000119="ISBN:130596733X"}
is_a: BFO:0000182
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4364-7715 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000019
name: herbivore
def: "A heterotroph which consumes plants or macroalgae via ingestion through a type of \"mouth\". Plant or algal matter is broken down through an internal digestion process." []
comment: There is some debate over whether herbivores should be restricted to plants and macroalgae or generalsed to more photoautotrophs. We welcome input on our issue tracker: https://github.com/EcologicalSemantics/ecocore
synonym: "phytophage" EXACT []
synonym: "plant eater" NARROW []
synonym: "primary consumer" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
relationship: RO:0002215 ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000020
name: herbivory
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming living plant- or macro-algal material." []
comment: In this class, we make no commitment to whether the organism belongs to a taxon which has adapted to a herbivorous diet: this is a functional defintion, referencing the act of eating, primarily, a plant- or macroalga-based diet.
synonym: "phytophagy" EXACT []
synonym: "plant trophism" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000021
name: carnivory
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy from consuming living metazoan (animal) material." []
comment: In this class, we make no commitment to whether the organism belongs to a taxon which has adapted to a carnivorous diet: this is a functional defintion, referencing the act of eating, primarily, an animal-based diet.
synonym: "zoophagy" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000022
name: symbiosis
def: "A process during which two living entities engage in a close and long-term biological interaction." []
is_a: BFO:0000015
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date 2022-03-09T17:22:07Z xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000023
name: autotroph
def: "An organism which is capable of incorporating abiogenic (inorganic) carbon into its biomass." []
synonym: "primary producer" RELATED []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000024
name: area to mass ratio
def: "Quotient (or ratio) of surface area of an organism divided by the mass of the same organism" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000025
name: commensalism
def: "A symbiotic process in which one participant gains benefits while the other participant neither benefits nor is harmed." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000022 ! symbiosis
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date 2022-03-09T17:23:41Z xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000026
name: prenatal development
def: "The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals." []
synonym: "gestation" RELATED []
synonym: "incubation" RELATED []
is_a: GO:0032502
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000027
name: primary diet
def: "Type of food comprising the majority of the diet of an organism" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000028
name: oviparous
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce offspring that develop inside a shelled egg, with a large food supply in yolk, after internal fertilization" []
is_a: PATO:0001434
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000029
name: viviparous
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce offspring that are born live, or where the development of the offspring is supported by either parent in or on any part of their body" []
is_a: PATO:0001434
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000030
name: ovoviviparous
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce offspring that are born live after retaining the eggs inside the body of the female" []
is_a: PATO:0001434
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000031
name: ovuliparous
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce offspring via external fertilization, the oocytes being released and fertilized outside the female's body by the male" []
is_a: PATO:0001434
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000032
name: histrotrophic viviparity
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce zygotes that develop in the female's oviducts, but find their nutriments from other tissues, whether skin or glandular tissue" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000029 ! viviparous
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000033
name: hemotrophic viviparity
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce offspring that receive nutriments from the female during prenatal development via a specialized structure, such as a placenta" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000029 ! viviparous
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000034
name: copepodid stage 2
def: "The second post-naupliar life stage of a copepod" []
is_a: UBERON:0000105
relationship: BFO:0000063 ECOCORE:00000035 ! copepodid stage 3
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000035
name: copepodid stage 3
def: "The third post-naupliar life stage of a copepod" []
is_a: UBERON:0000105
relationship: BFO:0000063 ECOCORE:00000036 ! copepodid stage 4
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000036
name: copepodid stage 4
def: "The fourth post-naupliar life stage of a copepod" []
is_a: UBERON:0000105
relationship: BFO:0000063 ECOCORE:00000037 ! copepodid stage 5
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000037
name: copepodid stage 5
def: "The fifth post-naupliar life stage of a copepod" []
is_a: UBERON:0000105
relationship: BFO:0000063 ECOCORE:00000038 ! copepodid stage 6
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000038
name: copepodid stage 6
def: "The sixth post-naupliar life stage of a copepod" []
is_a: UBERON:0000105
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000039
name: cursorial
def: "An evolutionary quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for running" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000040
name: fossorial
def: "An evolutionary quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for digging and living underground" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000041
name: arboreal
def: "An evolutionary quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for living in trees" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000042
name: hermaphroditic
def: "a reproductive quality inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer having reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes at the same time" []
synonym: "monoecious" RELATED []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000061 ! sexual system
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000043
name: protogynous
def: "a reproductive quality inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer having female reproductive organs at the beginning of its life and then switching to male reproductive organs" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000120 ! sequentially hermaphroditic
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000044
name: direct development
def: "The process by which a larvae transforms into an adult wherein the larvae looks like a smaller adult form" []
is_a: GO:0002164
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000045
name: symbiotroph
def: "heterotroph that acquires nutrition from a symbiont" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000046
name: endophyte
def: "An organism bearing a symbiont role and capable of living within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000045 ! symbiotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000047
name: parasitism
def: "A symbiotic process in which one participant gains benefits while the other participant is harmed." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000022 ! symbiosis
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date 2022-03-09T17:28:04Z xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000048
name: lecithotrophic larva
def: "anatomical entity that comprises the organism in a distinct juvenile form that is provided with a source of nutrition, usually a yolk sac, to use before metamorphosing into an adult" []
is_a: UBERON:0002548

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000049
name: microphytobenthos
def: "a community of microscopic, unicellular eukaryotic algae and the prokaryotic Cyanobacteria which live on sediment surfaces" []
synonym: "algae" RELATED []
is_a: PCO:0000002
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000050
name: deposit feeder
def: "Organism that acquires nutrition by consuming particles of organic matter that have settled to the bottom of a body of water." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000051
name: suspension feeder
def: "A heterotroph that acquires nutrition by consuming particles suspended in water or air." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000052
name: subsurface deposit feeder
def: "Organism that acquires nutrition by consuming particles of organic matter that have settled to the bottom of a body of water. The organism lives beneath the surface of the bottom sediment and retrieves food particles without coming into direct contact with the sediment surface." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000050 ! deposit feeder
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000053
name: surface deposit feeder
def: "Organism that acquires nutrition by consuming particles of organic matter that have settled to the bottom of a body of water. The organism lives on or in the bottom sediment and uses a part of its body to retrieve the food particles directly from the surface." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000050 ! deposit feeder
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000054
name: decomposer
def: "heterotroph that obtains nutrition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms or other organic matter" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000055
name: detritivore
def: "A decomposer which obtains nutrition by consuming detritus." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000054 ! decomposer
intersection_of: RO:0002215 ECOCORE:00000057 ! detritivory
intersection_of: RO:0002470 ENVO:01001103
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000056
name: saprotroph
def: "A decomposer that obtains nutrition through extracellular digestion of decaying organic matter" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000054 ! decomposer
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000057
name: detritivory
def: "A decomposition process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming detritus." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000058 ! decomposition
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000058
name: decomposition
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by breaking down organic substances into simpler matter." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000059
name: saprotrophy
def: "A decomposition process during which a living entity acquires food and energy through extracellular digestion of decaying organic matter." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000058 ! decomposition
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000060
name: symbiotrophy
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy through a symbiotic relationship with another organism." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000061
name: sexual system
def: "An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the organization of the systems of organs involved with sexual reproduction amongst the bearer's conspecifics." []
is_a: PATO:0001434
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000062
name: mating system
def: "An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the structure of the bearer's conspecifics in relation to sexual behavior." []
is_a: PATO:0001434
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000063
name: monogamous
def: "One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000062 ! mating system
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000064
name: polyandrous
def: "One female has an exclusive mating relationship with two or more males" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000062 ! mating system
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000065
name: polygynous
def: "One male has an exclusive mating relationship with two or more females" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000062 ! mating system
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000066
name: polygynandrous
def: "Two or more males have an exclusive mating relationship with two or more females" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000062 ! mating system
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000067
name: promiscuity
def: "a member of one sex mates with any member of the opposite sex" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000062 ! mating system
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000068
name: endemic
def: "The ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, or other defined zone or habitat type." []
is_a: PCO:0000003
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000069
name: extinct
def: "The ecological state of a species or population wherein all individuals are dead." []
is_a: PCO:0000003
disjoint_from: ECOCORE:00000072 ! extant
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000070
name: indigenous
def: "The ecological state of a species living in a region where its presence is the result of only natural process, with no human intervention" []
synonym: "native" RELATED []
is_a: PCO:0000003
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000071
name: introduced
def: "The ecological state of a species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental." []
synonym: "exotic" RELATED []
is_a: PCO:0000003
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000072
name: extant
def: "The ecological state that is not the extinct state" []
is_a: PCO:0000003
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000073
name: cosmopolitan
def: "The ecological state of a species being found across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats." []
is_a: PCO:0000003
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000074
name: microendemic
def: "The ecological state of a species being unique to a very small and specific location, such as the side of a mountain or a single lake." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000068 ! endemic
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000075
name: annual survival rate
def: "The estimated proportion of members of a population alive in year t that is still alive in year t + 1" []
is_a: PCO:0000003
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000076
name: algae
def: "A polyphyletic group of diverse photosynthetic organisms that excludes vascular plants and mosses and includes cyanobacteria, seaweed, and some single-celled organisms." []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000077
name: cyanobacteria
def: "Bacteria that are able to obtain their energy through photosynthesis" []
is_a: NCBITaxon:2
intersection_of: NCBITaxon:2
intersection_of: RO:0002215 GO:0015979
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000078
name: crepuscular
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 "An evolutionary quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for being active primarily during dawn and dusk" xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000079
name: nocturnal
def: "An evolutionary quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for being active during the hours of darkness" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000080
name: diurnal
def: "An evolutionary quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for being active during the hours of daylight" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000081
name: migratory
def: "An evolutionary quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for participating in long-distance movement of conspecifics, usually on a seasonal basis" []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000083
name: graminivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes grasses." []
synonym: "grass eater" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graminivore xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000084
name: folivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes leaves" []
synonym: "leaf eater" EXACT []
synonym: "phyllophage" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folivore xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000085
name: rhizovore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes roots" []
synonym: "racidivore" EXACT []
synonym: "rhizophage" EXACT []
synonym: "root eater" EXACT []
synonym: "root feeder" EXACT []
synonym: "root herbivore" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000086
name: algivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes algae" []
synonym: "algae eater" EXACT []
synonym: "algophage" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000087
name: parasitoid
def: "A heterotroph with a temporary parasitic association with another organism that leads to the death of the host. After which, the parasitoid can continue without the host or can move on to a new host. These organisms are considered partly parasites and partly predators." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000088
name: carnivore
def: "A heterotroph that consumes animals in whole or in part via ingestion through a type of \"mouth\". Animal matter is broken down through an internal digestion process." []
synonym: "zoophage" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
intersection_of: RO:0002215 ECOCORE:00000021 ! carnivory
intersection_of: RO:0002470 NCBITaxon:33208
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000089
name: predator
def: "A carnivore that actively captures and consumes other animals, causing their immediate or immenent death" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000088 ! carnivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000090
name: scavenger
def: "A carnivore that feeds on dead and decaying animal matter" []
synonym: "necrophage" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000088 ! carnivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000091
name: insectivore
def: "A predator that primarily eats insects" []
synonym: "entomophage" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000089 ! predator
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000092
name: secondary consumer
def: "A predator that eats primary consumers or herbivores" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000089 ! predator
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000093
name: tertiary consumer
def: "A predator that eats secondary consumers" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000089 ! predator
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000094
name: quaternary consumer
def: "A predator that eats tertiary consumers" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000089 ! predator
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000095
name: apex predator
def: "a predator residing at the top of a food chain upon which no other creatures prey." []
synonym: "top predator" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000089 ! predator
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000096
name: ambush predator
def: "a predator that captures or traps prey by stealth or strategy, rather than by speed or strength." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000089 ! predator
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000097
name: litter transformer
def: "a detritivore that consumes leaf litter" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000055 ! detritivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000098
name: bacterivore
def: "a heterotroph that consumes bacteria" []
synonym: "bacterial feeder" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000099
name: herbivorous grazing
def: "A herbivorous process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming grasses, leaves, and other soft plant material." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000020 ! herbivory
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000100
name: seed predation
def: "A herbivorous process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming seeds of a plant." []
synonym: "granivory" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000020 ! herbivory
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000101
name: herbivorous browsing
def: "A herbivorous process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming twigs, leaves, and bark of trees and shrubs." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000020 ! herbivory
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000102
name: predation
def: "A carnivorous process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming other animals while they are stil alive. Predation leads directly to the imminent death of the prey organism(s)." []
comment: The definition of predation can be controversial.
is_a: ECOCORE:00000021 ! carnivory
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000103
name: scavenging
def: "A carnivorous process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming dead or decaying animal matter." []
synonym: "necrophagy" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000021 ! carnivory
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000104
name: cannibalism
def: "A predation process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000102 ! predation
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000105
name: intrauterine cannibalism
def: "A cannibalistic process during which an embryo obtains food and energy by consuming a less-developed sibling while both are still in the uterus." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000104 ! cannibalism
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000106
name: adelphophagy
def: "An intrauterine cannibalistic process during which an embryo obtains food and energy by consuming a less-developed sibling embryo while both are still in the uterus." []
synonym: "embryophagy" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000105 ! intrauterine cannibalism
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000107
name: oophagy
def: "An intrauterine cannibalistic process during which an embryo obtains food and energy by consuming less-developed sibling eggs while both are still in the uterus." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000105 ! intrauterine cannibalism
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000108
name: insectivory
def: "A predation process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming insects." []
synonym: "entomophagy" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000102 ! predation
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000109
name: egg predation
def: "A predation process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming eggs." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000102 ! predation
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000110
name: social predation
def: "A predation process during which a group of predators cooperates to kill creatures larger than those they could overpower singly." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000102 ! predation
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation#Social_predation xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000111
name: monophagy
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming a very narrow range of food items, sometimes only one." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000112
name: oligophagy
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming a few, very specific food items." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligophagy xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000113
name: polyphagy
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming a wide range of food items." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000114
name: bactivory
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy from consuming bacteria." []
synonym: "bacterial feeding" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000115
name: broadcast spawn
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce offspring via external fertilisation, the oocytes being scattered into the environment and fertilised outside the female's body by the male." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000031 ! ovuliparous
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000116
name: sac spawn
def: "A reproductive quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to produce offspring via external fertilisation, the oocytes being released in an ovigerous sac and fertilised outside the female's body by the male." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000031 ! ovuliparous
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000117
name: protandrous
def: "a reproductive quality inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer having male reproductive organs at the beginning of its life and then switching to female reproductive organs" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000120 ! sequentially hermaphroditic
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000118
name: protogynous hermaphroditism
def: "a reproductive quality inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer having female reproductive organs at the beginning of its life and then switching to being a hermaphrodite" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000120 ! sequentially hermaphroditic
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000119
name: protandrous hermaphroditism
def: "a reproductive quality inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer having male reproductive organs at the beginning of its life and then switching to being a hermaphrodite" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000120 ! sequentially hermaphroditic
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000120
name: sequentially hermaphroditic
def: "a reproductive quality inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer changing sex at some point in its life" []
synonym: "dichogamy" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000061 ! sexual system
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000121
name: photoorganoautotroph
def: "A photoautotroph which is capable of using a biogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000130 ! photoautotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000122
name: photolithoautotroph
def: "A photoautotroph which is capable of using an abiogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000130 ! photoautotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000123
name: chemoorganoautotroph
def: "A chemoautotroph which is capable of using a biogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000129 ! chemoautotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000124
name: chemolithoautotroph
def: "A chemoautotroph which is capable of using an abiogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000129 ! chemoautotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000125
name: photoorganoheterotroph
def: "A photoheterotroph which is capable of using a biogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000131 ! photoheterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000126
name: photolithoheterotroph
def: "A photoheterotroph which is capable of using an abiogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000131 ! photoheterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000127
name: chemoorganoheterotroph
def: "A chemoheterotroph which is capable of using a biogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000132 ! chemoheterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000128
name: chemolithoheterotroph
def: "A chemoheterotroph which is capable of using an abiogenic organic compound as an electron donor." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000132 ! chemoheterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000129
name: chemoautotroph
def: "An autotroph which is capable of obtaining energy from the bonds in a chemical compound." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000023 ! autotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000130
name: photoautotroph
def: "An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000023 ! autotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000131
name: photoheterotroph
def: "A heterotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000132
name: chemoheterotroph
def: "A heterotroph which is capable of obtaining energy from the bonds in a chemical compound." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000134
name: extremophile
def: "An organism that thrives in physically or geochemically extreme conditions that are detrimental to most life on Earth" []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremophile xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000135
name: epigeic
def: "An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to live on the surface of the soil and in leaf litter" []
synonym: "surface dwelling" RELATED []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1434-9495 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000136
name: frugivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes fruits or fruit-like vegetables" []
synonym: "carpophage" EXACT []
synonym: "fructivore" EXACT []
synonym: "fruit eater" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1470764
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000137
name: palynivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes pollen" []
synonym: "pollen eater" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3805698
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000139
name: grazing
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by eating food off of a surface while slowly moving through the environment." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000140
name: nectarivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes nectar" []
synonym: "nectar eater" EXACT []
synonym: "nectivore" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entry/Q120880
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000141
name: endogeic
def: "An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to live in the top 20 cm of soil and make temporary, horizontal burrows." []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1434-9495 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000142
name: anecic
def: "An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to burrow more than 20 cm deep into the soil and make permanent, vertical burrows." []
is_a: PATO:0001995
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1434-9495 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000143
name: granivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes seeds" []
synonym: "seed eater" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1974986
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000144
name: xylophage
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes wood" []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2072826
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000145
name: gumnivore
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes plant exudates - gums, saps, and resins" []
synonym: "gumivore" EXACT []
synonym: "gummivore" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17020010
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000119 "J.G. Fleagle 1988 Primate Adaptations and Evolution. Academic Press. NY" xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000146
name: parasite
def: "A symbiotroph that reduces the fitness, survival, or growth of its symbiont, often called a host" []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10253316
is_a: ECOCORE:00000045 ! symbiotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000147
name: trophic parasitism
def: "A symbiotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy from another living entity via a close association. The entity providing the food and energy is harmed by this process." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000047 ! parasitism
is_a: ECOCORE:00000060 ! symbiotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000148
name: prey
def: "An organism that is consumed in whole or in part by a predator" []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000149
name: preferred prey
def: "Prey that is successfully captured and consumed at a higher frequency than other types of prey. The predator may be specially adapted for capturing or consuming its preferred prey or have special nutritional requirements that are only met by the preferred prey." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000148 ! prey
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000150
name: alternate prey
def: "Prey that is consumed only if the preferred prey are unavailable." []
synonym: "alternative prey" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000148 ! prey
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000151
name: internal parasite
def: "A parasite that lives entirely within the body of its host" []
synonym: "endoparasite" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9300235
is_a: ECOCORE:00000146 ! parasite

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000152
name: external parasite
def: "A parasite that lives on the exterior surface of its host" []
synonym: "ectoparasite" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7880449
is_a: ECOCORE:00000146 ! parasite
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000153
name: mesoparasite
def: "A parasite that enters the body of the host, but remains partially outside" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000146 ! parasite
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000154
name: ophiophagy
def: "A predation process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming snakes." []
synonym: "snake eating" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2746753
is_a: ECOCORE:00000102 ! predation
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000155
name: durophagy
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy from consuming hard organisms or hard parts of organisms. This can include plants, such as bamboo, animals with hard shells, such as corals, or the hard parts of organisms, such as bone. Durophagy requires special adaptions, such as blunt, strong teeth and a heavy jaw." []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5316712
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durophagy xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000156
name: piscivore
def: "A predator that primarily eats fish" []
synonym: "fish eater" EXACT []
xref: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208
is_a: ECOCORE:00000089 ! predator
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000157
name: filter feeder
def: "A suspension feeder that acquires nutrition by consuming particles using a filtering apparatus." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000051 ! suspension feeder

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000158
name: planktivore
def: "A suspension feeder that acquires nutrition by consuming planktonic organisms." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000051 ! suspension feeder

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000159
name: osmotroph
def: "A heterotroph that obtains dissolved organic compounds by osmosis for nutrition. An osmotroph is not directly involved in breaking down organic material to create the organic compounds it uses." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000160
name: chemosymbiosis
def: "A symbiotrophic process in which a bacterium provides chemically-derived energy and nutrients, often via the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide, to a higher organism." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000060 ! symbiotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000161
name: photosymbiosis
def: "A symbiotrophic process in which a photosynthetic organism provides energy and nutrients to a heterotrophic organism." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000060 ! symbiotrophy
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000162
name: organotrophy
def: "A trophic process during which a living entity acquires reducing equivalents from organic chemicals for use in biosynthesis or energy conservation via aerobic or anaerobic respiration." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000008 ! trophic process

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000163
name: chemotrophy
def: "A trophic process during which a living entity generates food from abiotic sources or through consumption of living or dead material, and captures energy from preformed molecules." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000008 ! trophic process

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000164
name: sanguivore
def: "A carnivore that consumes blood, during a brief, temporary interaction." []
synonym: "blood eater" EXACT []
synonym: "hematophage" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000088 ! carnivore
intersection_of: RO:0002215 ECOCORE:00000165 ! hematophagy
intersection_of: RO:0002470 UBERON:0000178
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000165
name: hematophagy
def: "A carnivorous process during which a living entity acquires food and energy from consuming blood." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000021 ! carnivory
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000166
name: viral predation
def: "A reproductive process wherein a virus uses another cell for reproduction. This process causes the mortality of the host cell via lysis." []
is_a: GO:0022414
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000167
name: leaf miner
def: "a folivore that lives in and eats the leaf tissue of plants" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000084 ! folivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000168
name: herbivorous grazer
def: "an herbivore that primarily consumes grasses, leaves, and other soft plant material" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-2342 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000169
name: herbivorous browser
def: "An herbivore that primarily consumes twigs, leaves, and bark of trees and shrubs." []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000019 ! herbivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000170
name: microcarnivore
def: "a carnivore that primarily eats organisms less than 1 cm in their longest dimension" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000088 ! carnivore
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-2342 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000171
name: sulfur reducer
def: "an organism that uses inorganic sulfur compounds as a terminal electron acceptor during cellular respiration" []
synonym: "sulfur reducing organism" EXACT []
synonym: "sulphur reducer" EXACT []
synonym: "sulphur reducing organism" EXACT []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000172
name: anaerobe
def: "an organism that does not require oxygen for growth" []
synonym: "anaerobic organism" EXACT []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000173
name: aerobe
def: "an organism that can survive and grow in an oxygenated environment" []
synonym: "aerobic organism" EXACT []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000174
name: prototroph
def: "an organism capable of producing all amino acids required for its growth" []
synonym: "prototrophic organism" EXACT []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000175
name: auxotroph
def: "an organism that is unable to synthesize a particular organic compound required for its growth" []
synonym: "auxotrophic organism" EXACT []
is_a: OBI:0100026
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000176
name: coprophage
def: "a decomposer which obtains nutrition by consuming feces" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000054 ! decomposer
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000177
name: facultative anaerobe
def: "an anaerobe that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation if oxygen is absent." []
synonym: "facultative anaerobic organism" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000172 ! anaerobe
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000178
name: obligate anaerobe
def: "an anaerobe that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000172 ! anaerobe
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000179
name: obligate aerobe
def: "an aerobe that requires oxygen to grow" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000173 ! aerobe
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000180
name: microaerophile
def: "an aerobe that can grow at oxygen levels lower than what is present in the atmosphere" []
synonym: "microaerophilic organism" EXACT []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000173 ! aerobe
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000181
name: aerotolerant anaerobe
def: "an anaerobe that can tolerate low levels of oxygen" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000172 ! anaerobe

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:00000182
name: deposit feeding
def: "A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming particles of organic matter that have settled to the bottom of a body of water" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000011 ! heterotrophy
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327
property_value: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date 2021-10-26T20:14:31Z xsd:dateTime

[Term]
id: ECOCORE:3000001
name: species range
def: "An environmental zone that encompasses the geographical area in which most members of a species as collection of organisms can be found." [] {http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000119="Range"}
comment: Not all member of the species are necessarily found within its range, because there may be individuals in zoos or individuals that have strayed beyond the range but which will not be able to form a sustainable population in the new area.  The latter individuals are often referred to as vagrants.
is_a: ENVO:01000408
property_value: IAO:0000116 "I feel that there should be some relationship to \"species as collection of organisms\" but I don't know which one. Determined by seems a little too strong, but might work." xsd:string
property_value: IAO:0000117 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-0078

[Term]
id: ENVO:01000063
synonym: "algae" RELATED []

[Term]
id: ecocore:00000082
name: omnivore
def: "A heterotroph that consumes plant and animal matter either in whole or in part via ingestion through a type of \"mouth\". Animal and plant matter is broken down through an internal digestion process" []
is_a: ECOCORE:00000010 ! heterotroph
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string

[Term]
id: ecocore:00000133
name: territory
def: "An environmental zone which an animal consistently defends against conspecifics or, occasionally, animals of other species" []
is_a: ENVO:01000408
property_value: IAO:0000117 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327 xsd:string