ecological
11ecological — [ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] adj relating to the environment and the way living things affect each other an ecological disaster[/ex] ecologically [ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkli] adv …
12ecological — ecology ► NOUN ▪ the branch of biology concerned with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. DERIVATIVES ecological adjective ecologically adverb ecologist noun. ORIGIN from Greek oikos house …
13Ecological engineering — is an emerging of study integrating ecology and engineering, concerned with the design, monitoring and construction of ecosystems. The design of sustainable ecosystems intent to integrate human society with its natural environment for the benefit …
14Ecological trap — Ecological traps are scenarios in which rapid environmental change leads organisms to prefer to settle in poor quality habitats. The concept stems from the idea that organisms that are actively selecting habitat must rely on environmental cues to …
15Ecological sanitation — Ecological sanitation, also known as ecosan or eco san, are terms coined to describe a form of sanitation that usually involves urine diversion and the recycling of water and nutrients contained within human wastes back into the local environment …
16Ecological selection — (or environmental selection or survival selection or individual selection or asexual selection) refers to natural selection minus sexual selection, i.e. strictly ecological processes that operate on a species inherited traits without reference to …
17Ecological modernization — is an optimistic, reform oriented environmental discourse and school of environmental social science that has gained increasing attention among scholars and policymakers in the last several decades in Europe, North America, Japan, and elsewhere… …
18Ecological goods and services — or EG S are the benefits arising from the ecological functions of healthy ecosystems. Such benefits accrue to all living organisms, including animals and plants, rather than to humans alone. However, there is a growing recognition of the… …
19Ecological threshold — can be described as the point at which a relatively small change in external conditions causes a rapid change in an ecosystem. When an ecological threshold has been passed, the ecosystem may no longer be able to return to its state. The… …
20Ecological debt — is a term used to describe an imbalance between one s perceived fair share of natural resources and one s actual usage of those resources.If you take more than your fair share of the earth s finite natural resources you run up an ecological debt …
