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ecological
emanating from or pertaining to ecology.

ecological biome
see biome.
ecological climax
the state of balance in an ecosystem when its inhabitants have established their permanent relationships with each other.
ecological fallacy
bias following misinterpretation that ecological factors affect all individuals equally.
ecological imbalance
the naturally occurring changes in the environment, e.g. bushfires, floods, volcanic fallout, which leave it unbalanced with respect to the type and quality of the feed they provide.
ecological interface
the border between two ecosystems.
ecological mosaic
a pattern of interspersed ecosystems.
ecological niche
1. the position occupied by an organism in relation to other organisms and to the environment.
2. a particular part of an ecological environment in which a particular plant or animal species prospers. It is the set of terms, in relation to food and water supply and relationship with predators and disease and with competitors, by which the organism achieves its full biological potential.


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Bouma-Prediger in this book gives readers a vision of what role humanity plays in the care for God's earth and the ecological response needed for a wholesome relationship with the world.
An ecological footprint is an estimate of the area of land and water needed to provide resources to support one person.
Over the course of twenty six years, during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, a kind of environmental mandate emerged within Roman Catholicism, in continuity with the larger context of the world religions and their collective response to the ecological crisis [1].
 
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