Ecological traps are scenarios in which rapid environmental change leads organisms to prefer to settle in poor-quality habitats. The concept stems from...
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A perceptual trap is an ecological scenario in which environmental change, typically anthropogenic, leads an organism to avoid an otherwise high-quality...
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An ecological pyramid (also trophic pyramid, Eltonian pyramid, energy pyramid, or sometimes food pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show...
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ended up being trapped on one summit and thus cannot go anywhere else higher. Within behavioral and ecological sciences, evolutionary traps occur when rapid...
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Ecology (redirect from Ecological)
relating to adaptation and natural selection are cornerstones of modern ecological theory. Ecosystems are dynamically interacting systems of organisms, the...
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Ecosystem (redirect from Ecological systems)
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.: 458 The biotic and abiotic components...
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Apex predator (section Ecological roles)
be apex predators as their behavior cannot be observed, and clues to ecological relationships, such as bite marks on bones or shells, do not form a complete...
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theory Resource selection function Source–sink dynamics Niche Ecological niche Ecological trap Ecosystem engineer Environmental niche modelling Guild Habitat...
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Source–sink dynamics (category Ecological theories)
low quality habitat, and to prefer high quality habitat. However, ecological trap theory describes the reasons why organisms may actually prefer sink...
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variable providing a measure of the passage of energy and an index of ecological structure that increases through the linkages from the lowest to the highest...
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