10 Terms
Contributors in Ecology
Ecology
allelopathy
Biology; Ecology
The metabolic impact of one plant on another, whether beneficial or harmful. Example: eucalyptus tree toxins that inhibit the growth of certain plants.
ecosphere share
Biology; Ecology
The financially and politically dangerous idea that each person is entitled to a share of the world’s resources in accord with what's needed to live.
divergent evolution
Biology; Ecology
When two populations become more and more dissimilar, usually as a result of different environmental pressures. The opposite of Convergent Evolution.
slip erosion
Biology; Ecology
A landslide. The extra weight caused by the moisture going deep into the soil during heavy rains that causes a large mass of overlying soil to move.
