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Arboreal
Arboreal is a word meaning "related to or resembling trees". Its meaning comes from the Latin arbor, meaning tree.

In biology, an arboreal animal is one which inhabits or spends large amounts of time in trees or bushes.

List of arboreal animals

Mammals

Reptiles and Birds

Amphibians

Others

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Effect of arboreal activity on species composition and abundance estimates of rodents in a chaparral habitat in southern California
Oct 01, 2003; ABSTRACT.-The effect of arboreal activity on species richness and abundance estimates of rodents was investigated in a chaparral...
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Arboreal behavior in the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, in eastern Texas.
Nov 01, 2004; Abstract. -- There have been several recent reports, and anecdotal observations extending back at least to J. J. Audubon,...
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Behavioral adaptations for breeding in arboreal-nesting speckled teal.
Jun 01, 2001; Jeffrey L. Port (1,2,4) Frank McKinney (1,3) ABSTRACTGround-nesting is usual among the about fifty species of dabbling ducks...
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Diversity of arboreal spiders in primary and disturbed tropical forests.
May 01, 2005; ABSTRACT. This study investigates how arboreal spider communities in SE-Asian primary lowland rain forests change after...
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Arboreal Mite Communities on Epiphytic Lichens of the Adirondack Mountains of New York
Jan 01, 2007; Abstract - We describe the mite fauna inhabiting the canopies of remnant old-growth Acer saccharum (sugar maple) trees in...
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