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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Biomineralization by photosynthetic organisms: evidence of coevolution of the organisms and their environment?

16 Dec 2009 Biomineralization is widespread among photosynthetic organisms in the ocean, in inland waters and on land. The most quantitatively important biogeochemical role of land plants today in biomineralization is silica deposition in vascular plants, ... Read more...

Up against the edge: invasive species as testbeds for basic questions about evolution in heterogeneous environments.

30 Oct 2009 Yogi Berra is often credited with having opined that 'prediction is very difficult, especially about the future'. There is no discipline for which this statement holds with more force than invasion biology, where it has been historically very ... Read more...

[Nosocomial infections--ecological niches]

24 Oct 2009 Knowledge of ecological niches of nosocomial pathogens is used in treatment and prevention of nosocomial infections. This article offers an analysis of the ecological niches of three important nosocomial pathogens: Clostridium difficile, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Ecosystem'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Biomineralization by photosynthetic organisms: evidence of coevolution of the organisms and their environment? 16 Dec 2009
• Up against the edge: invasive species as testbeds for basic questions about evolution in heterogeneous environments. 30 Oct 2009
• [Nosocomial infections--ecological niches] 24 Oct 2009
• A revealed preference approach to estimating supply curves for ecosystem services: use of auctions to set payments for soil erosion control in Indonesia. 18 Oct 2009
• Deep-sea archaea fix and share nitrogen in methane-consuming microbial consortia. 14 Oct 2009
• Microbiology. Fantastic fixers. 14 Oct 2009
• Bushmeat hunting as climate threat. 14 Oct 2009
• Sustainable risk management of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewaters. 11 Oct 2009
• Reactome array: forging a link between metabolome and genome. 7 Oct 2009
• Microbiology: Life on leaves. 6 Oct 2009
• Fossil rewrites early human evolution. 6 Oct 2009
• Macrovertebrate paleontology and the Pliocene habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• Taphonomic, avian, and small-vertebrate indicators of Ardipithecus ramidus habitat. 30 Sep 2009
• The geological, isotopic, botanical, invertebrate, and lower vertebrate surroundings of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus and the paleobiology of early hominids. 30 Sep 2009
• Rapid resurgence of marine productivity after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. 30 Sep 2009
• Light on the origin of man. Ardipithecus ramidus. Introduction. 30 Sep 2009
• Public trust doctrine: in need of integration. 30 Sep 2009
• Public trust doctrine: too limited. 30 Sep 2009
• Public trust doctrine: too broad. 30 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Ecosystem'

Definition: A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Descriptor UI: D017753

Alternative terms: Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Systems, Ecological; Ecological System; Ecological Systems; System, Ecological; Ecologic System; System, Ecologic; Systems, Ecologic; Ecologic Systems; Habitat; Habitats;

Related Mesh Headings: Ecology;

Tree Number: G16.500.249; N06.230.124;

Online Note: use ECOLOGY to search ECOSYSTEM 1993

History Note: 94; was see ECOLOGY 1993

Technical Notes: the specialty ECOLOGY is also available; specify geographic term if pertinent