(par 3.10.1) Change in the Environment – Ask an Indicator Species

http://www.dw.de/change-in-the-environment-ask-an-indicator-species/a-18009616 Indicator species such as pikas or frogs can signal a biological change in an ecosystem and can be used to diagnose its overall health, helping conservation efforts. Yet, picking…

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(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…

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(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.…

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