In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction...
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factors of spatial heterogeneity and habitat patchiness would later describe the conditions of a metapopulation relating to how groups of spatially separated...
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Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The...
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Spatial ecology studies the ultimate distributional or spatial unit occupied by a species. In a particular habitat shared by several species, each of the...
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and spatial distribution of that habitat. Habitat restoration is a subset of habitat conservation and its goals include improving the habitat and resources...
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unique suitable habitats, more species can coexist in a landscape without competition, a phenomenon termed "niche partitioning." Spatial heterogeneity is...
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by some types of habitat fragmentation because they cannot respond quickly to the altered spatial configuration of the habitat. Habitat fragmentation consistently...
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Edge effects (redirect from Edge habitat)
surface instead.[citation needed] Ecotone Habitat fragmentation Landscape ecology Ruderal species Spatial ecology Woodland edge Levin, Simon A. (2009)...
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Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a process that brings together multiple users of the ocean – including energy, industry, government, conservation and...
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Homogeneity and heterogeneity (redirect from Habitat diversity)
the more common synonym in the context. Complete spatial randomness Heterologous Epidemiology Spatial analysis Statistical hypothesis testing Homogeneity...
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Spatial politics is an interdisciplinary field that analyses the ways in which space and geographic location influence political processes, power relations...
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Patch dynamics (redirect from Habitat mosaic)
effect Forest dynamics Habitat conservation Habitat corridor Habitat fragmentation Island biogeography Landscape ecology Spatial ecology Pickett, Steward...
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A Sustainable habitat is an ecosystem that produces food and shelter for people and other organisms, without resource depletion and in such a way that...
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Landscape ecology (category Habitat)
favor the invasive's habitat requirements. Developments in landscape ecology illustrate the important relationships between spatial patterns and ecological...
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Marine coastal ecosystem (redirect from Marine coastal habitat)
among habitats in the design of spatial management, there remain few examples where seascape connectivity is explicitly considered in spatial conservation...
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Nocturnality (section Spatial disturbance)
their habitat. Carnivorous predators however are less timid of the disturbance, feeding on human waste and keeping a relatively similar spatial habitat as...
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The term Habitat I refers to the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, 31 May – 11 June 1976...
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Agency (KCA) was established by UN-Habitat in 2000. It is the government agency under the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. The KCA is the highest...
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Marten (section Spatial niche segregation)
Andrzej (2015). "Spatial Niche Segregation of Sympatric Stone Marten and Pine Marten – Avoidance of Competition or Selection of Optimal Habitat?". PLOS ONE...
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Venanzoni, Roberto; Viciani, Daniele; Buffa, Gabriella (2016). "Habitats on the grid: The spatial dimension does matter for red-listing" (PDF). Journal for...
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Ecosystem engineer (redirect from Habitat engineer)
species that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact on species richness and landscape-level...
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In marine environments, a nursery habitat is a subset of all habitats where juveniles of a species occur, having a greater level of productivity per unit...
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species–area curve describes the relationship between the area of a habitat, or of part of a habitat, and the number of species found within that area. Larger areas...
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Geographic information system (section Spatial ETL)
decision-makers in analysing a set of alternative spatial solutions, such as the most likely ecological habitat for restoration, against multiple criteria,...
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Giant panda (redirect from Giant panda habitat)
neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu. Successful habitat preservation has seen a rise in panda numbers, though loss of habitat due to human activities remains its...
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Benthic zone (redirect from Benthic habitat)
in the deep sea. Because of their reliance on it, microbes may become spatially dependent on detritus in the benthic zone. The microbes found in the benthic...
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Cougar (redirect from Puma habitat)
adaptable generalist species, occurring in most American habitat types. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking but also...
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Disturbance (ecology) (redirect from Disturbed habitat)
Because scale-dependent relationships are ubiquitous in ecology, the spatial scale modulates the effect of disturbance on natural communities. For example...
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confusalis are often quite large, and can contribute to epilithic spatial patchiness. Habitat degradation due to anthropogenic factors and climate change may...
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or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged. The geographic limits of a particular taxon's distribution is...
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