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- Ecosystem (2598 bytes)
1: ...ving together with their [[environment]] (or '''[[biotope]]'''), functioning as a unit of sorts.
3: ...1939). Modern usage of the term derives from the work of [[Raymond Lindeman]] in his classic study o...
5: ... a self-standing unit with coherent and stable flows only to be a bit restrictive.
7: ...s tend to blend into each other. As a result, the whole [[earth]] can be seen as a single ecosystem, ...
9: ...t. Introduction of new environmental factors or new species can have disastrous results, eventually l... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...g|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ..., trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[mi...
5: ... Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (myth...
9: ...] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics...
11: ...low gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified. - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
17: ... is from 112 to 135 cm (45 [[inch|in]] to 55 in), while the tail can measure up to 84 cm (33 in).
20: ...ly retract its claws. Even when retracted, the claws remain visible and are used for grip during the ...
22: ... word "cheetah" comes from [[Hindi]] ''chiitaa'', which is perhaps derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''chitra...
25: ...[[Male]]s sometimes form small groups, especially when they came from the same litter.
28: ... a quick catch, it will often give up rather than waste energy. Roughly half of the chases are succes... - Ecology (24417 bytes)
1: ...itat (ecology)|habitat]]. The term ''oekologie'' was coined in [[1866]] by the German biologist, [[E...
4: ...ome sub-disciplines contributing to ecological knowledge.
6: ...ntal issues. Additionally, a [[holism|holistic view]] of nature is stressed in both ecology and envir...
8: Consider the ways a biologist might approach studying the life o...
9: ... of the [[queen bee]], and how she relates to the worker [[bee]]s and the [[drone (bee)|drones]]. - Cheetahs (6461 bytes)
17: ... is from 112 to 135 cm (45 [[inch|in]] to 55 in), while the tail can measure up to 84 cm (33 in).
20: ...ly retract its claws. Even when retracted, the claws remain visible and are used for grip during the ...
22: ... word "cheetah" comes from [[Hindi]] ''chiitaa'', which is perhaps derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''chitra...
25: ...[[Male]]s sometimes form small groups, especially when they came from the same litter.
28: ... a quick catch, it will often give up rather than waste energy. Roughly half of the chases are succes... - History of ecology (10158 bytes)
1: ...scribed interrelationships between animals and between animals and their environment as early as the ...
6: ...ry]], about twenty thousand plant species were known, versus forty thousand at the beginning of the [...
8: ...[latitude]] and [[altitude]], a discipline now known as [[geobotany]].
10: ...eological]] data. One of Humboldt's famous works was "Idea for a Plant Geography" ([[1805]]).
12: ...he time included [[Aimé ‚onpland]] and [[Eugenius Warming]]. - Biodiversity (11106 bytes)
5: ...earch Council]] (NRC). The word ''biodiversity'' was suggested to him by the staff of NRC, to replac...
7: ...cerned citizens worldwide. This use has coincided with the expansion of concern over [[extinction]] o...
10: ...icro-organisms, their genes and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
12: ...Diversity'' in this definition includes diversity within species and among species, and comparative d...
14: ...y unified view of the traditional three levels at which biodiversity has been identified: - Habitat (ecology) (1555 bytes)
1: ...physical factors of an individual plant or animal within its habitat.
3: ...d the habitat shared by many species to be a '''[[biotope]]'''.
5: A [[biome]] is the set of flora and fauna which live in a habitat and occupy a certain geogra...
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