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Ecological succession
Ecological succession, a fundamental concept in ecology, refers to more-or-less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community. Succession may be initiated ... > more -
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and prosperous farming communities. Sustainable agriculture refers to the ability of a farm to ... > more -
Unified neutral theory of biodiversity
The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography is a theory and the title of a monograph by ecologist Stephen Hubbell. The theory aims to explain the diversity and relative abundance of ... > more -
Purple loosestrife
Purple loosestrife is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae, native to the wetlands of Eurasia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing 1-2 m tall, ... > more -
Plant sexuality
Plant sexuality deals with the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. This article describes morphological aspects of sexual reproduction of plants. That plants ... > more -
Gila monster
The Gila monster is a species of lizard that was once thought to be one of only two species of venomous lizards. (The other is the Mexican beaded lizard.) The Gila monster lives in the deserts of ... > more -
Mountain Zebra
Mountain Zebra consist of two species, namely the Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra) and the Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus hartmannae). Previously they were seen as two subspecies of the Mountain ... > more
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