area of occupancy

English

Noun

area of occupancy (plural areas of occupany)

1. (biology) the area within its extent of occurrence which is occupied by a taxon.

References

• IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp. http://jr.iucnredlist.org/documents/redlist_cats_crit_en.pdf