Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes, flora, fauna and ecosystems in forests. (Führer, E., 2000. "Forest functions, ecosystem stability and management". Forest Ecology and Management. 132 (1): 29–38. doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00377-7. ISSN 0378-1127.)
Amphibolite is a metamorphic rock that contains amphibole, especially hornblende and actinolite, as well as plagioclase feldspar, but with little or no quartz. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibolite)
Any wildfire or prescribed fire that is burning in a forest, variously defined for legal purposes. (FAO (2002). Guidelines on Fire Management in Temperate and Boreal Forests. Forest Protection Working Papers, Working Paper FP/1/E. Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Resources Division. FAO, Rome. https://www.fao.org/4/ag041e/AG041E00.htm)
Cochliomyia Townsend includes several abundant and one of the most broadly distributed, blow flies in the Americas, and is of significant economic and forensic importance. (Yusseff-Vanegas S, Agnarsson I (2016) Molecular phylogeny of the forensically important genus Cochliomyia (Diptera: Calliphoridae). ZooKeys 609: 107-120. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.609.8638)
The New World screwworm (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), is an obligate parasite of mammals, including humans, during their larval stages. It belongs in the subfamily Chrysomyinae of the family Calliphoridae of the order Diptera (true flies). Larvae feeding on the skin and underlying tissues of the host cause a condition known as wound or traumatic myiasis, which can be fatal. (WOAH. 2025. New world screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) https://www.woah.org/en/disease/new-world-screwworm-cochliomyia-hominivorax/)
