Human ecosystems are human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era that are viewed as complex cybernetic systems by conceptual models that are increasingly...

Total human ecosystem (THE) is an ecocentric concept initially proposed by ecology professors Zeev Naveh and Arthur S. Lieberman in 1994. Naveh and Lieberman...

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by organisms in interaction with their environment.: 458  The biotic and abiotic components are...

Novel ecosystems are human-built, modified, or engineered niches of the Anthropocene. They exist in places that have been altered in structure and function...

An ecosystem, short for ecological system, is defined as a collection of interacting organisms within a biophysical environment.: 458  Ecosystems are never...

researchers calculated that more than 10,000 microbial species occupy the human ecosystem, and they have identified 81–99% of the genera. The statistical analysis...

ecosystems rely on large subsidies of imported water, nutrients, food and other resources. Compared to other natural and artificial ecosystems human population...

Ecosystem services are the various benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. The interconnected living and non-living components of the natural environment...

Marine ecosystems are the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems and exist in waters that have a high salt content. These systems contrast with freshwater...

between themselves as well as with their environment. The human ecosystem concept is based on the human/nature dichotomy and the idea that all species are ecologically...

contemporary ecosystems have been influenced by human action.[1] Human ecology has been defined as a type of analysis applied to the relations in human beings...

aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem found in and around a body of water, in contrast to land-based terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems contain communities...

decomposition, and trophic interactions. Studies of ecosystem function have greatly improved human understanding of sustainable production of forage, fiber...

Ecosystem diversity deals with the variations in ecosystems within a geographical location and its overall impact on human existence and the environment...

life-support system for the human brain linked to a robot, between 2030 and 2035 creating a computer model of the brain and human consciousness with the means...

intelligence. A related idea is the "augmented human". While cyborgs are commonly thought of as mammals, including humans, the term can apply to any organism. D...

in the 1990s from a growing appreciation of the complexity of ecosystems and of humans' reliance and influence on natural systems (e.g., disturbance and...

A lake ecosystem or lacustrine ecosystem includes biotic (living) plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (non-living) physical and chemical...

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a major assessment of the human impact on the environment, called for by the United Nations Secretary-General...

change. They all involve the management of ecosystems and their services to reduce the vulnerability of human communities to the impacts of climate change...

parts) within the system is an ecosystem." The human ecosystem concept is then grounded in the deconstruction of the human/nature dichotomy, and the emergent...

benchmark for restoration." Reference ecosystems usually include remnant natural areas that have not been degraded by human activities such as agriculture,...

effects on lower levels of an ecosystem are termed trophic cascades. The removal of top-level predators, often through human agency, can cause or disrupt...

Ecosystem health is a metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem. Ecosystem condition can vary as a result of fire, flooding, drought, extinctions...

include non-human elements. Civic monuments, then, should honor and celebrate the life and acts of the total community, the human ecosystem, including...

An ecosystem engineer is any species that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact on...

enhanced intelligence) is the use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence. The idea was first proposed in the 1950s and 1960s by cybernetics...

Biodiversity plays an important role in ecosystem services which by definition maintain and improve human quality of life. Conservation priorities and...

Ampère to denote the sciences of government in his classification system of human knowledge. According to Norbert Wiener, the word cybernetics was coined...

characteristics of the ecosystems. Original attempts to understand and monitor freshwater ecosystems were spurred on by threats to human health (for example...