ecology

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. In business, ecological thinking reveals how companies exist within interconnected systems of competitors, partners, customers, and resources.

111 entities tagged with "ecology"

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abiotic

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adaptive-radiation

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allee-effect

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alternative-stable-states

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ambush-predation

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ammonification

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autotroph

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bacteria

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benthic

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biogeography

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biomass

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biotic

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carnivore

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central-place-foraging

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chemical-signaling

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climax-community

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cline

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commensalism

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competitive-exclusion

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decomposer

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defense

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denitrification

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density-dependent

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density-independent

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detritivore

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dispersal

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disturbance

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disturbance-adaptation

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diversity

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ecological-release

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ecological-succession

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ecosystem-engineer

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ecosystem-engineering

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ecotone

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edge-effect

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externalities

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facilitation

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frugivore

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habitat

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herbivore

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herbivory

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herbivory-defense

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heterotroph

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invasive-species

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k-selection

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k-strategist

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keystone-species

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larva

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lichen

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marginal-value-theorem

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mast-seeding

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metapopulation

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migration

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monoculture

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mutualism

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mycorrhizal-network

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mycorrhizal-networks

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net-energy-gain

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niche

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niche-partitioning

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nitrification

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nitrogen-fixation

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nutrient

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nutrient-cycling

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omnivore

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optimal-foraging-theory

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parasite

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parasitism

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pelagic

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phytoplankton

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pioneer-species

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pollination

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pollinator

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population

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predation

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predator

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predator-prey-dynamics

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prey

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primary-producer

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primary-succession

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r-strategist

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riparian

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secondary-succession

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succession

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symbiont

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symbiosis

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temporal-buffering

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trophic

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trophic-cascade

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trophic-cascades

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vector

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zooplankton

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