(par 3.10 ) Ecological stability

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_stability From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ecological stability can refer to types of stability in a continuum ranging from resilience (returning quickly to a previous state) to constancy

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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,

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(par 3.10.3) Genetic diversity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_diversity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Genetic diversity, the level of biodiversity, refers to the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species. It

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(par 3.10.3) Resilience (from wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lake and Mulga ecosystems with alternative stable states[1] In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting

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(par 3.10.4) Disturbance (ecology)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Damages of storm Kyrill in Wittgenstein, Germany. In biology, a disturbance is a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem.

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