see also:\\
  * [[category_biology]]
  * [[environmental_art]]

==== ecosystem ==== 
 
  * climate niche: microclimate / see also: refugia
  * nutrient sensitive landscape
  * flagship species / iconic animals / celebrity species [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/131216-conservation-environment-animals-science-endangered-species/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20131216news-consev&utm_campaign=Content|article]]
  * foundation species: forms base for ecosystem (grass)
  * indicator species: bio indicator
  * keystone species: high impact relative to its percentage of total biomass, often a predator (bird of prey)
  * invasive species: disruptive newcomer

==== ecosystem_dynamics ====
  * eutrophication: nutrient stacking causing disruptive change to ecosystem (Baltic sea plankton bloom)
  * genetic erosion: decline of genepool / number of organisms in the species involved in reproduction
  * regime shifts > trophic cascade

== resilience == 
  * [[resilience]]
  * tendency of a fully functional ecosystem to overcome elements of dysfunction. (There is also a tendency in dysfunctional ecosystems to refuse functional elements)
  * phenotypic plasticity

==== ecodiversity ====

== geodiversity ==
  * variation in the topology of the landscape
  * amount of microclimates

== Biodiversity ==
  * [[Biodiversity]]
  * taxon richness: simply the amount of species found
  * taxonomic diversity: do you have 4 types of chicken or do you have 1 type of chicken, cactus, toad and butterfly
  * feature diversity: richness in functions and behaviours or just reindeer and moss
  * allodiversity: amount of species introduced by man
  * phenotipic diversity:
  * endemism: amount of species with a small range / amount of specialists
  * species distribution
  

== genetic diversity ==
  * genotype: a genotype typically implies a measurement of how an individual differs or is specialized within a group
  * gene expression
  

==== climate_change ====
  * [[climate_change]]
  * assisted migration: see ecosystem restoration
  * global tipping points: safe operating space for humanity
  * refugia & [[http://www.sciences360.com/index.php/introduction-to-the-ecology-of-sky-islands-2108/|sky island ecology]]

== dynamic vegetation model ==
  * dispersal scenarios
  * dispersal jumps
  * climate excursions
  * hysteresis: system (critically) dependent also on previous historic states

==== ecosystem_restoration ====
  * target ecosystem: chosen or preferred end state
  * assisted migration: for species unable to migrate at the required speed needed for surviving climate change
  * John D Liu, EEMPC: 1.5 billion hectares are suited to mosaic landscape restoration
  * [[http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change.html|Allan Savory]]
  * [[http://www.biohabitats.com/|Biohabitats]]
  * parataxonomy: field-trained biodiversity collection and inventory specialist recruited from local areas, see also: [[gurukula_botanical_sanctuary]]
  
== rewilding  ==
  * George Monbiot:
  * Alan Watson Featherstone: [[http://www.alansblog.org.uk/|Trees for Life]]
  * [[http://rewildingeurope.com/|Rewilding Europe]]
  * [[http://www.wildeurope.org/old_website/|Wild Europe]]
  * [[http://www.panparks.org/|Pan Parks]]
  
==== ethology ==== 
  * study of animal behaviour
  * ethogram: inventory of behaviours & actions of an organism
  
==== biology ====
  * Davis' law: soft tussue models along imposed demands
  * trophotraxis: physical adation to food source
  * phylogeny: evolution / hystory of a species
  
== astrobiology ==
  * forming of aminoacids
  * comets: comet gasses + radiation = aminoacids > proteins
  * ESA rosetta mission 
  * comet impact chemistry: university of Kent, Zita Martins
  * panspermia
  
==== legislation ====
  * REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
  * REDD+: inclusive of the rights of indigenous peoples
  * law of [[http://www.endecocide.eu/#howtovote|ecocide]]
  * Bonn Challenge: restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands by 2020
  
==== markets ====
  * [[http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/|Ecosystem Marketplace]]
  * [[https://www.theice.com/ccx.jhtml|Climate Exchange]]
  * [[http://www.speciesbanking.com/|Species Banking]]
  * [[http://www.ecosystemstore.com|Ecosystem Store]]
  * green grabbing: eco-colonialism see: [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/13/conservation|John Vidal]]
  
==== ecomonitoring ====
  * Fluxnet: CO2 forest monitoring towers
  * [[http://conservationdrones.org/|drone ecology]]
  * ecohacking / sicizen science

reading:\\
  * Adam Curtis[[http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/may/29/adam-curtis-ecosystems-tansley-smuts| the myth of a balance in nature]] and Arthur Tansley's dream leading him to develop the idea of ecosystems.\\