A functional group is merely a set of species, or collection of organisms, that share alike characteristics within a community. Ideally, the lifeforms...

Functional ecology is a branch of ecology that focuses on the roles, or functions, that species play in the community or ecosystem in which they occur...

organic chemistry, a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of a molecule Functional group (ecology), a collection of organisms...

In ecology, functional equivalence (or functional redundancy) is the ecological phenomenon that multiple species representing a variety of taxonomic groups...

and sedges) Plankton Saprophytes Shrubs Trees Vines Piscivores Functional group (ecology) Look up guild in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ecological...

(1927). Animal Ecology. London: Sidgwick and Jackson. ISBN 0-226-20639-4. Davic, R. D. (2003). "Linking keystone species and functional groups: a new operational...

Functional diversity (ecology), the elements of biodiversity that influence how ecosystems function; see diversity-function debate Functional diversity (geography)...

economically viable commodity production. A major focus of ecosystem ecology is on functional processes, ecological mechanisms that maintain the structure and...

during drought varies with background hydrologic regime and plant functional group". Ecology. 91 (6): 1672–1681. Bibcode:2010Ecol...91.1672D. doi:10.1890/09-0567...

during drought varies with background hydrologic regime and plant functional group". Ecology. 91 (6): 1672–1681. Bibcode:2010Ecol...91.1672D. doi:10.1890/09-0567...

1940s, ecology was divided into autecology—the study of individual species in relation to the environment—and synecology—the study of groups of species...

In ecology, a community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at the same time...

of uniformity in land use. Landscape ecology explores the landscape's natural potential in terms of functional utility for human societies. To analyse...

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Plant ecology is a subdiscipline of ecology that studies the distribution and abundance of plants, the effects of environmental factors upon the abundance...

Applied Ecology. 40 (2): 193–203. Bibcode:2003JApEc..40..193C. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00803.x. Lefcheck, Jon (20 October 2014). "What is functional diversity...

freshwater biology functional ecology A branch of ecology which studies the roles, or functions, that certain species (or groups of species) play in...

number of species from one group by the total number of species from all groups. These measures are all a part of community ecology. Understanding patterns...

ecology of organizations is divided into three levels, the community, the population, and the organization. The community level is the functionally integrated...

animal behavior and group dynamics, food webs, ecosystems, spatial ecology, and the effects of climate change. Theoretical ecology has further benefited...

Cultural ecology is the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments. Human adaptation refers to both biological and cultural processes...

In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative...

two ecosystems form the more general study area of freshwater or aquatic ecology. A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are...

Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes, flora, fauna, funga, and ecosystems in forests. The management of forests...

Functional extinction is the extinction of a species or other taxon such that: It disappears from the fossil record, or historic reports of its existence...

Some examples of behavioural ecology Behavioral ecology, also spelled behavioural ecology, is the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due...

In ecology, the competitive exclusion principle, sometimes referred to as Gause's law, is a proposition that two species which compete for the same limited...

organic compounds Productivity (ecology) – Rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem Primary nutritional groups – Group of organisms Standing stock –...

(also called the resource-ratio hypothesis) is a hypothesis in community ecology that attempts to predict which species will become dominant as the result...

In ecology, a feeding frenzy is a type of animal group activity that occurs when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available. The term is...