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This category was nominated for renaming on 25 June 2012. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This category was nominated for merging to Category:Biological concepts on 8 July 2014. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Terms removed from and added to category[edit]

Following terms were newly added to the category

Acclimitization, added as a common feature of all biological organisms
Adaptation, added both this category and Category:Evolutionary biology terminology based on page content
Aerobic organism, added to this category as a major subdivision of orgnanisms
Animal, added to this category as a major subdivision of organisms
Archae, added to this category as a major subdivision of organisms
Bacteria, added to this category as a major subdivision of organisms
Eukaryote, added to this category as a major subdivision of organisms

Following terms were removed from category without category replacement

Adhesome, removed from category, present in Category:Cell biology
Anthropophilia, removed from category, present in Category:Parasites of humans
Autotoxicity, removed from category, present in Category:Population dynamics
Auxology, removed from category as a human-specific term, not sufficiently general for inclusion
Phytogeography, removed from category, present in Category:Phytogeography, which is in Category:Biogeography which is in (newly added to) Category:Branches of biology
Biological dark matter, removed from category, present in Category:Genetics terms (newly added as a sub-cat of this one).
Biological pollution, removed from category, present in Category:Ecology terminology
Biology, removed from category, as it seemed an odd inclusion
Biophotonics, removed from category, present in Category:Bioelectromagnetics which is in Category:Biophysics which is in Category:Branches of biology
Cephalic, removed from category as an anatomical term
Compilospecies, removed from category, present in Category:Biological concepts and Category:Botanical nomenclature
Conservation biology, removed from category as a field of study
Corneous, removed from category as a phenotypic term
Decussation, removed from category as an antomical term, present in Category:Anatomical terminology
Disjunct distribution, removed from category, present in sub-cat Category:Ecology terminology
Durophagy, removed from category, term is carnivore-specific
Edge effect, removed from categoty, present in sub-cat Category:Ecology terminology

Following terms were removed and added to category NOT a subcat of this one

Ailee effect, removed from category, added Category:Population dynamics
Batch effect, removed from category, added Category:Errors and residuals
Belt transect, removed from category, added Category:Sampling techniques
Biogeography, removed from category, added Category:Branches of biology
Chaperome, removed from category, added Category:Protein complexes
Cranial vault, removed from category, added Category:Head
Commisure, removed from category, added Category:Anatomical terminology
Effector, removed from category, added Category:Biochemistry terminology
Effector (biology), removed from category, added Category:Cells by function
Experimental factor ontology, removed from category, added Category:Design of experiments
Entrainment (biomusicology), removed from category, added Category:Sociobiology
Evolution of molecular chaperones, removed from category, added Category:Evolutionary biology concepts

Following terms were re-categorized to a sub-category

Astroecology --> Category:Ecology terminology
Benthos --> Category:Ecology terminology
Biodilution --> Category:Ecology terminology
Biophysical environment --> Category:Ecology terminology
Canopy (biology) --> Category:Botanical terminology
Clade --> Category:Evolutionary biology terminology
Class (biology) --> Category:Zoological nomenclature
Climax species --> Category:Botanical terminology
Cline (biology) --> Category:Ecology terminology
Conservation status --> Category:Evolutionary biology terminology
Dexiothetism --> Category:Evolutionary biology terminology
Ecological classification --> Category:Ecology terminology
Ecological succession --> Category:Ecology terminology
Ecological trap --> Category:Ecology terminology
Ecosystem engineer --> Category:Ecology terminology
Ecotone --> Category:Ecology terminology
Endemism --> Category:Ecology terminology

--User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 03:21, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]