Module 8 Vocab Flashcards
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Disturbance
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An event, caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents, resulting in changes in population size or community composition.
2
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Resistance
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A measure of how much disturbance can affect flows of energy and matter in an ecosystem.
3
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Resilience
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The rate at which an ecosystem returns to its original state after a disturbance.
4
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Restoration ecology
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The study and implementation of restoring damaged ecosystems.
5
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Watershed
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All land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland.
6
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Intermediate disturbance hypothesis
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The hypotheis that ecosystems experiencing intermediate levels of disturbance are more diverse than those with high or low disturbance levels.
