(ǝ dapt): To change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation.

(bī ō mas): The amount of living matter (in a unit area or volume of habitat).

(krau̇n): The highest part of the leaves and branches of a tree or shrub.

(dā tǝ or da tǝ): Factual information (such as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation.

(e lǝ vā shǝn): The height above sea level.

(fō lē ij): The mass of leaves of a plant or plants.

(hī pä thǝ sīz): To make an assumption or idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.

(fō tō sin thǝ sǝs): The process by which plants (and some bacteria and protists) that contain chlorophyll make carbohydrates from water and from carbon dioxide in the air in the presence of light.