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Northern Africa and biodiversity
Northern Africa and biodiversity Content Partner: United Nations Environment Programme (other articles) Article Topics:... Read More
Soil Science & Management (4th Ed) by E. Plaster
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Freshwater Communities & Lentic Waters
Lentic (still water) communities can vary greatly in appearance, anything from a small temporary puddle to a large lake is... Read More
Pioneer species
You might have come across news of some barren lands turning into luscious grasslands or forests after decades? Or you might... Read More
Trophic level
In ecology, a trophic level pertains to a position in a food chain or ecological pyramid occupied by a group of organisms... Read More
Secondary succession
We all have come across news where forest lands got destroyed by wildfires. Or sometimes we have read about an entire... Read More
Freshwater
Relating to or living in or consisting of water that is not salty; freshwater fish; freshwater lakes.Water that possesses... Read More
Water table
water table (Science: ecology) The zone of saturation at the highest average depth during the wettest season, it is at least... Read More
Contamination
Contamination Definition Contamination, sometimes interchanged with pollution, is the existence of live things or... Read More
Pleiotropy
Pleiotropy Definition When one single gene starts affecting multiple traits of living organisms, this phenomenon is known... Read More
Plant association
plant association A grouping of plant species, or a plant community, that recurs across the landscape. Plant associations... Read More
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Lead Author: J. Emmett DuffyThis article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: John... Read More
Lotic Communities & Animals
A running water environment offers numerous microhabitats that simulate favorable conditions for many types of animals to... Read More