Talk:Xerophile

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Should this article be mashed in and redirected to the Xerophyte page? --Lmaxsmith (talk) 23:15, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so. Xerophyte is specifically about plants, while Xerophile describes any organism^[1]. Xerophile microbiology behaves significantly different from Xerophile plants, so it warrants having separate articles. --Anka.213 (talk) 08:19, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Fairbridge, Rhodes. "Xerophile, xerophyte, xerosere". Geomorphology 1968 Edition. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

[1] Fairbridge, Rhodes. "Xerophile, xerophyte, xerosere". Geomorphology 1968 Edition. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

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