Concepts
8 concepts
process
herbivory
Consumption of plant material by animals, measured as browse occurrence on host plants
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biogeochemical cycling
The cycling of chemical elements between living organisms and the physical environment, particularly carbon and nitrogen cycles
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detritus breakdown
The decomposition and fragmentation of dead organic matter by organisms, particularly the conversion of coarse to fine particulate organic matter
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climate-ecosystem feedback
Ecosystem responses to climate change that exert positive or negative feedbacks on climate, mediated by slow-moving factors such as shifts in vegetation community composition
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extinction cascades
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soil moisture limitations
The constraint of microbial activity and carbon respiration by water availability in soil systems
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decomposition
process