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ecosystem
ecosystem_dynamics
ecodiversity
climate_change
ecosystem_restoration
ethology
biology
legislation
markets
ecomonitoring
see also:
category_biology
environmental_art
ecosystem
climate niche: microclimate / see also: refugia
nutrient sensitive landscape
flagship species / iconic animals / celebrity species
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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
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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
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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
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climate_change
climate_change
assisted migration: see ecosystem restoration
global tipping points: safe operating space for humanity
refugia &
sky island ecology
dynamic vegetation model
dispersal scenarios
dispersal jumps
climate excursions
hysteresis: system (critically) dependent also on previous historic states
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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
Allan Savory
Biohabitats
parataxonomy: field-trained biodiversity collection and inventory specialist recruited from local areas, see also:
gurukula_botanical_sanctuary
rewilding
George Monbiot:
Alan Watson Featherstone:
Trees for Life
Rewilding Europe
Wild Europe
Pan Parks
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ethology
study of animal behaviour
ethogram: inventory of behaviours & actions of an organism
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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
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legislation
REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
REDD+: inclusive of the rights of indigenous peoples
law of
ecocide
Bonn Challenge: restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands by 2020
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markets
Ecosystem Marketplace
Climate Exchange
Species Banking
Ecosystem Store
green grabbing: eco-colonialism see:
John Vidal
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ecomonitoring
Fluxnet: CO2 forest monitoring towers
drone ecology
ecohacking / sicizen science
reading:
Adam Curtis
the myth of a balance in nature
and Arthur Tansley's dream leading him to develop the idea of ecosystems.
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