Explore: Disturbance (ecology)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) suggests that local species diversity is maximized when ecological disturbance is neither too rare nor too

down Disturbance (ecology), a temporary change in average environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem Disturbance (geology)

environmental stress or disturbance. However, anthropologist Munira Khayyat offers a new perspective on resistance in ecology beyond natural ecosystems

relationships Rhizopogon are thought to play an important role in the ecology of coniferous forests. Recent micromorphological and molecular phylogenetic

Ecosystems are dynamic, subject to periodic disturbances and always in the process of recovering from past disturbances. The tendency of an ecosystem to remain

Ecology (from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos)  'house' and -λογία (-logía)  'study of') is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms

habitat with no living organisms. Secondary succession occurs after a disturbance such as fire, habitat destruction, or a natural disaster destroys a pre-existing

cases in which human-mediated disturbance increases biodiversity as landscapes transform over time. Historical ecology challenges the very notion of a

Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems. This