Ecological interface design — (EID) is an approach to interface design that was introduced specifically for complex sociotechnical, real time, and dynamic systems. It has been applied in a variety of domains including process control (e.g. nuclear power plants, petrochemical… … Wikipedia
Ecological trap — Ecological traps are scenarios in which rapid environmental change leads organisms to prefer to settle in poor quality habitats. The concept stems from the idea that organisms that are actively selecting habitat must rely on environmental cues to … Wikipedia
Ecological selection — (or environmental selection or survival selection or individual selection or asexual selection) refers to natural selection minus sexual selection, i.e. strictly ecological processes that operate on a species inherited traits without reference to … Wikipedia
Ecological modernization — is an optimistic, reform oriented environmental discourse and school of environmental social science that has gained increasing attention among scholars and policymakers in the last several decades in Europe, North America, Japan, and elsewhere… … Wikipedia
Ecological Self — is central to the school of Experiential Deep Ecology , which, based on the work of Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss, argues that through the process of self actualisation, one transcends the nations of the individuated egoic self and arrives at a … Wikipedia
Ecological economics — right|300px|thumb|The three pillars ofsustainabilityEcological economics is a transdisciplinary field of academic research within economics that aims to address the interdependence between human economies and natural ecosystems. Its distinguished … Wikipedia
Ecological succession — Succession after disturbance: a boreal forest one (left) and two years (right) after a wildfire. Ecological succession, is the phenomenon or process by which a community progressively transforms itself until a stable community is formed. It is a… … Wikipedia
Ecological island — An ecological island is not necessarily an island surrounded by water, but is an area of land, isolated by natural or artificial means from the surrounding land, where a natural micro habitat exists amidst a larger differing ecosystem. Also, in… … Wikipedia
Ecological pesticides — At present, in biological gardening/agriculture, several organic sprays and dusts are being used, [ [http://www.comfycountrycreations.com/bugspray.htm Several preperations for sprays and dusts] ] as well as Antimicrobials (e.g. germicides,… … Wikipedia
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis — The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) is a research center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara, California. Better known by its acronym, NCEAS (pronounced “n seas”) opened in May 1995, and… … Wikipedia