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Systematic Conservation Planning
Robert Fritz Baldwin
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
Systematic Conservation PlanningIntroductionThe high rate of biodiversity loss due to human activities constitutes a sixth major extinction in the his...
Systems Ecology
Clay L. Montague
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Systems Ecology Introduction Systems ecology is an approach to ecosystem study based on formal procedures of systems thinking, synthesis, and ...
Tansley, Sir Arthur
Laura J. Cameron
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Sir Arthur TansleyIntroductionArthur George Tansley (b. 1871–d. 1955) was one of the most eminent ecologists of the 20th century and was key to the di...
Terrestrial Nitrogen Cycle
Mark Farrell
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Terrestrial Nitrogen CycleIntroductionThe importance of nitrogen (N) has been recognized for nearly 180 years when it was understood that plants could...
Terrestrial Resource Limitation
Joseph Craine
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Terrestrial Resource Limitation Introduction Limitation is a broad term in ecology, but it is used to represent a number of patterns or proces...
Territoriality
Ambika Kamath
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
TerritorialityIntroductionTerritoriality is a foundational concept in animal behavior and behavioral ecology. Territoriality is commonly defined as “t...
Theory and Practice of Biological Control
Simon Leather
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Theory and Practice of Biological ControlIntroductionCrop production, be it agriculture, horticulture, or forestry, is subject to attack by pests and ...
Thermal Ecology of Animals
Michael J. Angilletta
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Thermal Ecology of AnimalsIntroductionThermal energy—from solar radiation and geochemical reactions—sets the pace of biological systems, whether they ...
Tragedy of the Commons
Amity Doolittle
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Tragedy of the Commons Introduction In 1968, Garrett Hardin brought the concept of the tragedy of the commons into public debate in an article...
Trophic Levels
Lee A. Dyer
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Trophic Levels Introduction Trophic levels are determined by feeding relationships, with basal levels consisting of primary producers or detri...
Tropical Humid Forest Biome
Simon A. Queenborough
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Tropical Humid Forest BiomeIntroductionTropical forests, largely restricted between 23.5° south and north of the equator, are famous for both their hi...
Urban Ecology
Michael W. Strohbach, Boris Schröder-Esselbach
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-07-31
Urban EcologyIntroductionHumans have become an urban species, but this is a rather recent phenomena. The first cities appeared around six thousand yea...
Vegetation Classification
Miquel De Cáceres
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Vegetation Classification ...
Vegetation Mapping
D.A. Tierney, M.J. Powell, C.E. Eriksson
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Vegetation MappingIntroductionVegetation maps are critical for understanding biodiversity patterns through space and time and underpin biodiversity ma...
Vicariance Biogeography
Ingi Agnarsson, Jason Ali, David S. Barrington
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Vicariance BiogeographyIntroductionVicariance biogeography seeks geo-physical explanations for disjunct distributions of organisms. Optimally, vicaria...
Weed Ecology
Lauren Lazaro, Karla L. Gage
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-01-11
Weed EcologyIntroductionIn this article, “weed ecology” is defined as the study of the interaction or relationship between a weed and another plant an...
Wetland Ecology
Curtis J. Richardson, R. Scott Winton
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-07-31
Wetland EcologyIntroductionWetland ecosystems comprise only 3–5 percent of the world’s land surface, but their unique habitats and specialized and rar...
Whittaker, Robert H.
Thomas R. Wentworth
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Robert H. Whittaker Introduction Robert Harding Whittaker (b. 1920–d. 1980) was one of the foremost international scholars of ecology and evol...
Wildlife Ecology
Mark S. Boyce
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Wildlife Ecology Introduction Wildlife ecology began as applied science discipline during the 1920s and 1930s at the University of Wisconsin–M...
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