How does climate influence a biome, and what are some of the factors that determine an area's biome? Why do ecologists study the transitional zones between biomes? Discuss how an organism (or population) in an
What is the meaning of the term "ecosystem" as used in biology? What is the definition of an ecosystem as used in biology? Briefly describe one aspect of ecology that is relevant for all humans. Define the term "adaptation" and explain how it relates to ecology. Relating to biolog...
field ecologists, experimentalists) who have practical knowledge about the system, and the modelers that are able to express this knowledge in mathematical terms. In addition, more exchange between the different fields of (ecological) modeling could facilitate model comparisons across the range of ...
How do people living in informal settings in LAC explain CRRD? Please note that we prefer the term informal settings to “informal settlements” to include informal livelihoods and practices. In order to answer this question, we set up a multidisciplinary group of seven universities in Haiti, Cu...
linear response from the reference period to the next two generations. However, if people lost the long-term memory after one generation and initiated a return towards the watercourses (in the second generation), we would detect a more complex unimodal pattern. This pattern would have the ...
Developer Tropes: "Google does it" - It's cargo-cultish to imitate the big names in our industry as a path to success. Instead, the take home from this article “would be that managers and other leaders should be like ecologists; who measure, observe and nurture their ecosystems. Doing ...
More focused work on nature services resulted in the term "ecosystem services" first described in the work of Ehrlich and Ehrlich (1981). The efforts to capture nature and its services in both ecological and financial terms were pushed by both ecologists and economists with the overall aim ...
Biosphere - the part of the atmosphere that contains living things Ecosystem - all the organisms in an environment (community) plus the nonliving physical. AIM: What is Global Warming? Global Warming Catalyst In which step of the carbon cycle do plants remove CO 2 from the ...
Define the term "limitless replicative potential" in cancer cell growth and explain how cells gain this capability. (a) What is meant by the term sustainability? (b) How does lack of knowledge about the future affect attempts to engage in sustainable behavior? (c...
Describe the eco-city model. Identify two general forecasting approaches. What are they and what are the differences between the two? How do human activities affect the natural environment in the ecosystem? How does the atmosphere regulate Earth's climate?