Totalhumanecosystem (THE) is an eco-centric concept initially proposed by ecology professors Zeev Naveh and Arthur S. Lieberman in 1994. Naveh and Lieberman...
Humanecosystems are human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era that are viewed as complex cybernetic systems by conceptual models that are increasingly...
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.: 458 The biotic and abiotic components...
marking this unique turn in the evolution of Earth's history. The totalhumanecosystem (or anthrome) describes the relationship of the industrial technosphere...
occurs. Ecosystem collapse does not mean total disappearance of life from the area, but it does result in the loss of the original ecosystem's defining...
decomposition, and trophic interactions. Studies of ecosystem function have greatly improved human understanding of sustainable production of forage, fiber...
interacting patches or ecosystems, ranging from relatively natural terrestrial and aquatic systems such as forests, grasslands, and lakes to human-dominated environments...
Ecosystem services are the various benefits that humans derive from healthy ecosystems. These ecosystems, when functioning well, offer such things as provision...
aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem found in and around a body of water, in contrast to land-based terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems contain communities...
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a major assessment of the human impact on the environment, called for by the United Nations Secretary-General...
ecosystems rely on large subsidies of imported water, nutrients, food and other resources. Compared to other natural and artificial ecosystemshuman population...
organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere...
A lake ecosystem or lacustrine ecosystem includes biotic (living) plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (non-living) physical and chemical...
contemporary ecosystems have been influenced by human action.[1] Human ecology has been defined as a type of analysis applied to the relations in human beings...
Ecosystem valuation is an economic process which assigns a value (either monetary, biophysical, or other) to an ecosystem and/or its ecosystem services...
Human impact on the environment (or anthropogenic environmental impact) refers to changes to biophysical environments and to ecosystems, biodiversity...
First, human contribution to climate change is devastating ecosystems .... Second, the increasing human population is encroaching on ecosystems that would...
2007 Business and Ecosystems: Ecosystem Challenges and Business Implications Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005 Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Opportunities...
First, human contribution to climate change is devastating ecosystems ... Second, the increasing human population is encroaching on ecosystems that would...
Ecosystem health is a metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem. Ecosystem condition can vary as a result of fire, flooding, drought, extinctions...
ecological restoration in that rewilding aspires to reduce human influence on ecosystems. It is also distinct from other forms of restoration in that...
issues are disruptions in the usual function of ecosystems. Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) or they can be natural...
making it easier for ecosystems to adapt. Many of the actions that promote adaptation in ecosystems, also help humans adapt via ecosystem-based adaptation...
River ecosystems are flowing waters that drain the landscape, and include the biotic (living) interactions amongst plants, animals and micro-organisms...
A marine coastal ecosystem is a marine ecosystem which occurs where the land meets the ocean. Marine coastal ecosystems include many very different types...
The authors argue that many of the basic human adaptations evolved in the ancient forest and woodland ecosystems of late Miocene and early Pliocene Africa...
of humans, nonhuman animals, and ecosystems; (2) anarchism; (3) anti-capitalism; and (4) an embrace of direct action tactics. The concept of total liberation...
chemical forms as it circulates among atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems. The conversion of nitrogen can be carried out through both biological...
of humans and their social and economic systems in all ecological equations. Report to Congress (2009): The State of Science to Support an Ecosystem Approach...
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