(par 3.10.1) Homeostatisis (from Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis Homeostasis Homeostasis (from Greek: ὅμοιος, hómoios, “similar”; and στάσις, stásis, “standing still”; defined by Claude Bernard and later by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1926, 1929 and 1932) is the property of a system, either open or closed, that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, constant condition. Typically used to refer […]
(par 3.10.1) System regulation – It’s all about Homeostasis
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_regulation.html Homeostasis is a term that is used to both describe the survival of organisms in an ecosystem and to describe the successful survival of cells inside of an organism. Organisms and populations can maintain homeostasis in an environment when they have a steady level of births and deaths. It is similar to the idea […]
(par 3.10 ) 2014-09-16 Marion Island’s plague of mice
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/marion-island-s-plague-of-mice-1.1563686 August 17 2013 at 09:00am By John Yeld NO HOPE: Seabird expert Andrea Angel examines a six-month-old Wandering Albatross chick on Gough Island that was attacked by house mice during the 2003/4 season. The mice caused the large wound in the chick’s abdomen that is exposing its body cavity, even though the chick is […]