Concept information
There is no term for this concept in this language.
PREFERRED TERM
DEFINITION
- A sudden, large-scale mortality of organisms caused by factors such as oxygen deficit, disease, pollution, etc. Mass mortalities can generally be considered as exaggerated forms of natural mortality, usually distinguished by being of rapid onset, affecting a large proportion of the population over an extensive geographic area, and being of relatively short duration. (en)
BROADER CONCEPT
- biological phenomena (en)
NARROWER CONCEPTS
- fish kill (en)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
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大量死亡
Created: 2024-03-07T17:09:42Z
Chinese
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mass mortality
Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
English
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mortalité massive
Created: 2021-11-16T16:29:43
French
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massedødelighet
Created: 2021-11-16T16:27:50
Norwegian Bokmål
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mortalitate în masă
Created: 2022-05-06T09:59:28
Romanian
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mortalitate masivă
Created: 2022-05-06T10:00:31
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Mortalidad masiva
Created: 2021-11-16T16:35:38
Spanish
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vifo vingi
Created: 2024-01-27T07:04:13
Swahili
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toplu ölüm
Created: 2022-01-14T14:35:14
Turkish
URI
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34f2e89a
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