Encyclopedia - Organism: Encyclopedia - Organism
In biology and ecology, an organism (in Greek organon = instrument) is a complex adaptive system of organs that influence each other in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Climax Community: Encyclopedia - Climax Community
The term climax community is an outdated ecological term for a community of plants and animals which is the result of succession, where a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Brain - Other Names For This Concept
Different people have proposed many different names for this concept of a cognitive system at the planetary level: planetary brain (Joë...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyranid: Encyclopedia - Tyranid
In the table-top wargame Warhammer 40,000, Tyranids are a swarm of aliens in many sizes and shapes. Tyranids form a superorganism: they t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Lovelock: Encyclopedia - James Lovelock
James Ephraim Lovelock (born July 26, 1919), FRS, is an independent scientist, author, researcher and environmentalist who lives in Cornw...   » Read the article

Article - Sacred Nature: Man Not Measure Of All Things  
Man is no longer to be the measure of all things, the centre of the universe. He has been measured and found to be an undistinguished ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetation: Encyclopedia - Vegetation
Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia - Insect
Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely distributed taxon within the Phylum Arthropo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ant: Encyclopedia - Ant
Dorylomorph subfamilies Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicomorph subfamilies: Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservation Ethic: Encyclopedia - Conservation Ethic
The Conservation ethic is an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Antagonists In Xenosaga: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Antagonists In Xenosaga - Patriarch
The Patriarch is the leader of the Immigrant Fleet and, ultimately, head of the Ormus superorganization prior his death in Xenosaga Episo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Behavior
Many insects possess very refined organs of perception. In some cases, their senses can be more capable than humans. For example, bees ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Insect - Behavior
Many insects possess very refined organs of perception. In some cases, their senses can be more capable than humans. For example, bees ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Lovelock: Encyclopedia Ii - James Lovelock - Life History
Lovelock was born in Letchworth Garden City. He studied chemistry at the University of Manchester before taking up a Medical Research Cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Lovelock: Encyclopedia Ii - James Lovelock - Professional Career
A lifelong inventor, Lovelock has created and developed many scientific instruments, some of which have been adopted by NASA in its progr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetation: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetation - Scientific Study
Vegetation scientists study the causes of the patterns and processes observed in vegetation at various scales of space and time. Of parti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atta Sexdens: Encyclopedia Ii - Atta Sexdens - Significance
Atta sexdens - Ecological impact. At the end of its life span an A. sexdens colony has moved up to 40 000 kg of soil. This has two impo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Lovelock: Encyclopedia Ii - James Lovelock - Controversy
James Lovelock - Gaia. While the Gaia Hypothesis was readily accepted by many in the environmentalist community, it has not been fully ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetation: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetation - Classification
Much of the work on vegetation classification comes from European and North American ecologists, and they have fundamentally different ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ant - Morphology
Ants are distinguished from other insects by the combination of elbowed antennae, a strongly constricted second abdominal segment forming...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Largest Organism: Encyclopedia Ii - Largest Organism - Other Kingdoms
The largest fungus may be a honey fungus of the species Armillaria ostoyae. One genetically constant mycelium has been found over an area...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ant - Humans And Ants
Ants are useful for clearing out insect pests and aerating the soil. On the other hand, they can become annoyances when they invade homes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetation: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetation - Vegetation Structure
A primary characteristic of vegetation is its three-dimensional structure, sometimes referred to as its physiognomy, or architecture. Mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetation: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetation - Vegetation Processes
Like all biological systems, plant communities are temporally and spatially dynamic; they change at all possible scales. Dynamism in vege...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ant - Development
Ants are holometabolous, and develop by complete metamorphosis, passing through larval and pupal stages before they become adults. The la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ant - Communication And Behavior
Ant communication is primarily through chemicals called pheromones. Because most ants spend their time in direct contact with the ground,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Largest Organism: Encyclopedia Ii - Largest Organism - Plants
The largest tree in circumference is the Árbol del Tule, a Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), having a circumference of 35.87 m (d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Fossils And Evolution
The relationships of insects are unclear. Although traditionally grouped with millipedes and centipedes, evidence has emerged favoring a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyranid: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyranid - Tyranid Storyline
In Warhammer 40,000, the Tyranids appeared from the eastern part of the Galaxy. First they sent a large fleet of troops (called Hive Flee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Largest Organism: Encyclopedia Ii - Largest Organism - Living Animals
Largest organism - Mammals Mammalia. The Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is believed to be the largest animal ever to have lived, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyranid: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyranid - Tyranid Storyline
In Warhammer 40,000, the Tyranids appeared from the eastern part of the Galaxy. First they sent a large fleet of troops (called Hive Flee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Insect - Fossils And Evolution
The relationships of insects to other animal groups remain unclear. Although traditionally grouped with millipedes and centipedes, eviden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atta Sexdens: Encyclopedia Ii - Atta Sexdens - Description
Atta sexdens - Colony architecture. A. sexdens colonies are primarily subterranean with a mound of excavated material on the surface. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ant - Types
There is a great diversity among ants and their behaviors. They range in size from 2 to about 25 millimetres (about 0.08 to 1 inch). Thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Roles In The Environment And Human Society
Many insects are considered pests by humans, because they transmit diseases (mosquitos, flies), damage structures (termites), or destroy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Largest Organism: Encyclopedia Ii - Largest Organism - Extinct Animals
Some of the largest animals ever to have existed have now died out. Most of them dinosaurs, the creatures grew to enormous sizes. The evi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Morphology And Development
Insects range in size from less than a millimeter to over 18 centimeters (some walkingsticks) in length. Insects possess segmented bodies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservation Ethic: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservation Ethic - History Of Biological Conservation
The origins of biological conservation can be traced to philosophical and religious beliefs about Man as a full part of Nature: Taoist an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Insect - Morphology And Development
Insects range in size from less than a millimeter to over 18 centimeters (some walkingsticks) in length. Insects possess segmented bodies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyranid: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyranid - Tyranid Species
Tyranids appear in a multitude of genera, and all have an extremely rapid rate of evolution, adapting to threats in direct response to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insect: Encyclopedia Ii - Insect - Roles In The Environment And Human Society
Many insects are considered pests by humans. Insects commonly regarded as pests include those that are parasitic (mosquitoes, lice, bedbu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atta Sexdens: Encyclopedia Ii - Atta Sexdens - Behavior
Atta sexdens - Foraging. The A. sexdens workers forage leaves up to range of 60 meters from the colony. The scouting workers leave behi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conservation Ethic: Encyclopedia Ii - Conservation Ethic - History Of Biological Conservation
The origins of biological conservation can be traced to philosophical and religious beliefs about Man as a full part of Nature: The Torah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leslie White: Encyclopedia Ii - Leslie White - White's Anthropology
White’s views were formulated specifically against the Boasians, with whom he was institutionally and intellectually at odds. This anta...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vii - S
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VII - S . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article