in common? They were all well known environmentalists that influenced the creation of the Deep Ecology movement as well as the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Deep Ecology is the belief that “the well-being and flourishing of human and nonhuman life on Earth have value in themselves [and those] values are independent of the usefulness of the nonhuman world for human purposes” (Foundation for Deep Ecology). Rachel Carson’s novel “Silent Spring” started the major wave of environmentalism in the 1960s
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PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE FLORA AND FAUNA A Term Paper Presented to Mrs. Stella G. Fernandez Central Philippine University Iloilo City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in SciEduc 325 (Term Paper in Ecology) By Aragon‚ Femie Cabaya‚ Charity Dave Dago‚ Rose Anne Dohino‚ Rodel March 2013 PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE FLORA AND FAUNA Flora and Fauna refer to plant and wildlife. The indigenous plant and wildlife of a geographical region is often referred to as that
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Human activities that may affect water ecosystems such as oceans FISHING Reducing the fish communities in rivers and oceans‚ destructive fishing techniques can also cause water pollution and damage to coral and other aquatic life. Destructive fishing techniques involve the use of dynamite or cyanide; trawling in coral-rich ecosystems; bottom trawls that are dragged along the ocean floor‚ also disrupt and damage critical habitats. DUMPING Coastal communities have long used oceans as dumping grounds
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Form Bottom of Form * Home * Community * News * Publications * Resources * Directory Home » Resources Introduction to Urban Ecology Landscape based conservation * Natural landscape/protective landscape – forest/wildlife ecology * Productive landscape – rural ecology * Built or urban landscape – urban ecology Urban landscape * Built area – buildings‚ roads‚ drainage etc * Open green space such as public parks Landscape and level of modification
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principles into landscape design. This effort would focus on the development of multifunctional landscapes‚ guided by the rapidly growing knowledge base of ecosystem services provided by landscape features. Although the conventional approach to landscape ecology is based on a model that assumes poor ecological quality in the human-dominated matrix‚ a review of recent literature reveals important opportunities to improve the quality of the landscape matrix by increasing spatial heterogeneity through the addition
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examined several different factors from Prickett’s Creek. In the following introduction I will explain what stream ecology is and how are experiments will justify or appeal my hypothesis. | Stream ecology is the overall health of the water and the surrounding ecosystem. There are many different components that make up a stream’s health. The main factors that affect stream ecology are: geology‚ climate‚ vegetation‚ nutrients‚ bacteria‚ temperature‚ DO (Dissolved oxygen)‚ and toxic chemicals. The
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a tiny ecosystem in a bottle. A few bottles. And it’s not an ecosystem. It has three chambers: Terrestrial‚ Decomposition‚ and Aquatic. The Terrestrial Chamber has the soil‚ the sun‚ and is the entrance into the Ecocolumn. The Decomposition Chamber is where decomposers break down the dead organic matter. The Aquatic Chamber has the water‚ the fish‚ and some aquatic plants. An Ecocolumn is useful for making a model of an ecosystem to be studied in a controlled environment. An Ecocolumn and an
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Table 1a. Biotic components of artificial ecosystem. Biotic Component Habit or Type Number Distribution pattern Physical factors affecting organism Autotrophs Plants Ixora Capsicum frutescens Ananas comosus Dracaena reflexa Basella rubra Papaya Allium cepa Bougainvillea Ocimum basilicum Allium sativum Tarragon Sweet potato Moringa oleifera Taro Pandan Anethum graveolens Cranberry Phaseolus lunatus Plectranthus scutellarioides Curcuma longa shrub herb herb shrub herb tree herb vine herb herb
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Primate socio-ecology varies and has different determinants that decide many different characteristics. As a virtual paleontologist‚ we discovered two different sites and skeletal remains in Kenya and deductively reasoned their mating habits‚ group size‚ and several other characteristics about the Praeanthropus dimorphicus and the Praeanthropus monomorphicus with what I know about primate socio-ecology. Based on my prior knowledge‚ logic‚ and reasoning‚ by looking at skeletal remains we are able
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accordingly‚ 2. arrange a sequence of food chain in Ecology as a group‚ 3. explain ideas about Ecology‚ 4. write a reflection about the lesson. II. Learning Task 3.1 Topic: The Scope of Ecology 3.2 Materials: 3.3.1 Reference: Bermudez‚ Virginia F. Ed.D.‚ Cruz‚ Josephine M. Ph.D.‚ San Juan‚ Milagros A. Ph.D.‚ Gorgon‚ Eugenia R.‚ Nery‚ Remedios F.‚ English Expressways Textbook for Fourth Year : “The Scope of Ecology” pages 226-227 3.3.2 Materials: video clip
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