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The width of the patch also influences diversity: an edge patch must be more pronounced than just a stark border in order to develop gradients of edge effects. Animals traveling between communities can create travel lanes along borders, which in turn increases light reaching plants along the lanes and promotes primary production. As more light ...
Herbivore is the anglicized form of a modern Latin coinage, herbivora, cited in Charles Lyell 's 1830 Principles of Geology. [ 3 ] Richard Owen employed the anglicized term in an 1854 work on fossil teeth and skeletons. [ 3 ]Herbivora is derived from Latin herba 'small plant, herb' [ 4 ] and vora, from vorare 'to eat, devour'.
Mutualism (biology) Hummingbird hawkmoth drinking from Dianthus, with pollination being a classic example of mutualism. Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit. [1] Mutualism is a common type of ecological interaction.
Wild species of agricultural plants have been found to be more resistant to disease, for example the wild corn species Teosinte is resistant to 4 corn diseases that affect human grown crops. [16] A combination of seed banking and habitat conservation has been proposed to maintain plant diversity for food security purposes. [ 17 ]
Patch, a term fundamental to landscape ecology, is defined as a relatively homogeneous area that differs from its surroundings. [6] Patches are the basic unit of the landscape that change and fluctuate, a process called patch dynamics. Patches have a definite shape and spatial configuration, and can be described compositionally by internal ...
Metaphyta Whittaker, 1969[10] Plantae Margulis, 1971[11] The embryophytes (/ ˈɛmbriəˌfaɪts /) are a clade of plants, also known as Embryophyta (/ ˌɛmbriˈɒfətə, - oʊˈfaɪtə /) or land plants. They are the most familiar group of photoautotrophs that make up the vegetation on Earth 's dry lands and wetlands.
Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems. They include lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, springs, bogs, and wetlands. [1] They can be contrasted with marine ecosystems, which have a larger salt content. Freshwater habitats can be classified by different factors, including temperature, light penetration, nutrients, and ...
A terrestrial plant is a plant that grows on, in, or from land. [1] Other types of plants are aquatic (living in or on water), epiphytic (living on other plants), and lithophytic (living in or on rocks). The distinction between aquatic and terrestrial plants is often blurred because many terrestrial plants are able to tolerate periodic ...