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Radioecology
Anders Pape Møller, Timothy A. Mousseau
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
RadioecologyIntroductionHistorically, radioecology is a branch of radiation biology that focuses on the movement of radionuclides through the biospher...
Reductionism Versus Holism
Annette Voigt
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Reductionism Versus Holism Introduction In the philosophy of ecology, the reductionism-holism debate is an integral part. In the broadest sen...
Religion and Ecology
John Grim, Russell Powell, Matthew T. Riley, Tara C. Trapani, Mary Evelyn Tucker
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Religion and Ecology Introduction Spiritual or religious ecology refers to attitudes, values, and practices regarding nature within the world’...
Remote Sensing
Rhett L. Mohler, John A. Harrington, Jr., Douglas G. Goodin
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Remote Sensing Introduction The use of remote sensing in ecology has increased dramatically in the last few decades, mainly due to an increase...
Rewilding
Meredith Root-Bernstein
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
RewildingIntroductionRewilding is an increasingly recognized approach to conservation and restoration, among academics, land managers, and the public....
Ricketts, Edward Flanders Robb
Rafe Sagarin
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts Introduction Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts (b. 1897–d. 1948) was a marine ecologist, author, and philosopher who...
Secondary Production
Wyatt F. Cross, Kate A. Henderson, James R. Junker, Eric A. Scholl
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
Secondary ProductionIntroductionSecondary production is the generation of new heterotrophic biomass and is analogous to net primary production of auto...
Seed Ecology
Mark K.J. Ooi
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Seed EcologyIntroductionSeeds play a critical role in plant ecology and are fundamental to population persistence and in determining plant community d...
Senescence
Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Mark Roper, Connor Bernard, Jacques Deere
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
SenescenceIntroductionResearchers are now beginning to unravel the variation in patterns of whole-organism senescence across the tree of life, yet the...
Serpentine Soils
Nishanta Rajakaruna, Robert S. Boyd
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Serpentine Soils Introduction Serpentine soils are weathered products of a range of ultramafic rocks composed of ferromagnesian silicates. Ser...
Shelford, Victor
Sara Tjossem
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Victor ShelfordIntroductionVictor Ernest Shelford (b. 1877–d. 1968) was instrumental in the establishment and development of ecology as a new experime...
Simulation Modeling
Florian Hartig
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-09-27
Simulation ModelingIntroductionWith the rise of computers, simulation models have emerged beside the more traditional statistical and mathematical mod...
Socioecology
Peter M. Kappeler
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Socioecology Introduction Socioecology emerged as a subdiscipline of behavioral ecology in the 1960s examining systematic relationships betwee...
Soil Biogeochemistry
Matthew D. Wallenstein, Amanda Carlson, DeAnna J. Laurel, Ezequiel Fernandez Tschieder, Laurel Lynch
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Soil BiogeochemistryIntroductionAs the name implies, soil biogeochemistry is a scientific field examining the complex and inseparable interactions bet...
Soil Ecology
Franciska T. De Vries, Richard D. Bardgett
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Soil Ecology Introduction The study of soil ecology has a long tradition. Most of this interest, until relatively recently, has been from an a...
Spatial Pattern Analysis
Michael Rosenberg, Corey Anderson
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Spatial Pattern AnalysisIntroductionWhen one looks around the world, spatial pattern appears to be ubiquitous; little appears to be random. The analys...
Spatial Patterns of Species Biodiversity in Terrestrial Environments
Scott Franklin, Xiujuan Qiao, Zhijun Lu
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Spatial Patterns of Species Biodiversity in Terrestrial EnvironmentsIntroductionWhy do some areas of the world have greater biodiversity than others? ...
Spatial Scale and Biodiversity
Daniel J. McGlinn, Michael W. Palmer
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Spatial Scale and BiodiversityIntroductionThe scale of observation leaves an indelible mark on our understanding of biodiversity. Despite wide recogni...
Species Distribution Modeling
Jane Elith
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
Species Distribution ModelingIntroductionModels of species distributions aim to describe and often to predict the spatial distribution of individual s...
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