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Exploitation competition, or scramble competition, occurs indirectly when organisms both use a common limiting resource or shared food item. Instead of fighting or exhibiting aggressive behavior in order to win resources, exploitative competition occurs when resource use by one organism depletes the total amount available for other organisms.
The exploitation of natural resources describes using natural resources, often non-renewable or limited, for economic growth [1] or development. [2] Environmental degradation , human insecurity, and social conflict frequently accompany natural resource exploitation.
Grass can be a limited resource for grazing cows. In ecology, scramble competition (or complete symmetric competition or exploitation competition) refers to a situation in which a resource is accessible to all competitors (that is, it is not monopolizable by an individual or group).
In ecology, overexploitation describes one of the five main activities threatening global biodiversity. [3] Ecologists use the term to describe populations that are harvested at an unsustainable rate, given their natural rates of mortality and capacities for reproduction.
Ecological efficiency is the exploitation efficiency multiplied by the assimilation efficiency multiplied by the net production efficiency, which is equivalent to the amount of consumer production divided by the amount of prey production (/)
The first paradigm predominates in what may be called "classical" ecology. It assumes that niche space is largely saturated with individuals and species, leading to strong competition. Niches are restricted because "neighbouring" species, i.e., species with similar ecological characteristics such as similar habitats or food preferences, prevent ...
A satellite view of the sprawling Yanacocha gold mine, built two decades ago with the financial backing of the International Finance Corp., the private-lending arm of the World Bank. Locals have rallied against a planned expansion — highlighted in green — citing concerns of economic exploitation and environmental destruction.
Extractivism is the removal of large quantities of raw or natural materials, particularly for export with minimal processing. [3] The concept emerged in the 1990s (as extractivismo) to describe resource appropriation for export in Latin America. [16]