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| * [[environmental_art]] | * [[environmental_art]] | ||
| - | === ecosystem === | + | ==== ecosystem |
| * climate niche: microclimate / see also: refugia | * climate niche: microclimate / see also: refugia | ||
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| * invasive species: disruptive newcomer | * invasive species: disruptive newcomer | ||
| - | === ecosystem_dynamics === | + | ==== ecosystem_dynamics |
| * eutrophication: | * eutrophication: | ||
| * genetic erosion: decline of genepool / number of organisms in the species involved in reproduction | * genetic erosion: decline of genepool / number of organisms in the species involved in reproduction | ||
| * regime shifts > trophic cascade | * regime shifts > trophic cascade | ||
| - | == [[resilience]] | + | |
| + | == 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 | * phenotypic plasticity | ||
| - | === ecodiversity === | + | ==== ecodiversity |
| == geodiversity == | == geodiversity == | ||
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| * amount of microclimates | * amount of microclimates | ||
| - | == [[Biodiversity]] | + | == Biodiversity == |
| + | * [[Biodiversity]] | ||
| * taxon richness: simply the amount of species found | * 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 | * taxonomic diversity: do you have 4 types of chicken or do you have 1 type of chicken, cactus, toad and butterfly | ||
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| - | === [[climate_change]] | + | ==== climate_change ==== |
| + | * [[climate_change]] | ||
| * assisted migration: see ecosystem restoration | * assisted migration: see ecosystem restoration | ||
| * global tipping points: safe operating space for humanity | * global tipping points: safe operating space for humanity | ||
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| * hysteresis: system (critically) dependent also on previous historic states | * hysteresis: system (critically) dependent also on previous historic states | ||
| - | === ecosystem_restoration === | + | ==== ecosystem_restoration |
| * target ecosystem: chosen or preferred end state | * target ecosystem: chosen or preferred end state | ||
| * assisted migration: for species unable to migrate at the required speed needed for surviving climate change | * assisted migration: for species unable to migrate at the required speed needed for surviving climate change | ||
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| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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| - | === ethology === | + | ==== ethology |
| * study of animal behaviour | * study of animal behaviour | ||
| * ethogram: inventory of behaviours & actions of an organism | * ethogram: inventory of behaviours & actions of an organism | ||
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| - | === biology === | + | ==== biology |
| * Davis' law: soft tussue models along imposed demands | * Davis' law: soft tussue models along imposed demands | ||
| * trophotraxis: | * trophotraxis: | ||
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| * panspermia | * panspermia | ||
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| - | === legislation === | + | ==== legislation |
| * REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation | * REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation | ||
| * REDD+: inclusive of the rights of indigenous peoples | * REDD+: inclusive of the rights of indigenous peoples | ||
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| * Bonn Challenge: restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands by 2020 | * Bonn Challenge: restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands by 2020 | ||
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| - | === markets === | + | ==== markets |
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
| * [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
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| * green grabbing: eco-colonialism see: [[http:// | * green grabbing: eco-colonialism see: [[http:// | ||
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| - | === ecomonitoring === | + | ==== ecomonitoring |
| * Fluxnet: CO2 forest monitoring towers | * Fluxnet: CO2 forest monitoring towers | ||
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||