Edge effects (Habitat 🌄)
In ecology, edge effects are changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two or more habitats. Areas with small habitat fragments exhibit especially pronounced edge effects that may extend throughout the range. As the edge effects increase, the boundary habitat allows for greater biodiversity. Urbanization...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_effects
#EdgeEffects #Habitat #Habitats #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology
Due to clear-cutting, the area of undisturbed rainforests is decreasing. At the edges of deforested areas, temperatures rise, and there is more light. Trees are able to adapt to changes in their living conditions and environment, but how does environmental change affect the shape of trees in the tropical rainforest? To date there has been no overall understanding of this.
A Yale senior whom I taught last Spring published an essay in #edgeeffects today based on a paper she developed in our class. Check it out! https://edgeeffects.net/electrified-farming-poultry/
"Electricity reshaped the poultry industry over the 20th century. Zoe Robertson asks what the costs of this transformation were for birds and inter-species relations.."
#envhist #animalhist #histtech #energyhist #animalwelfare #histodons
Planetary Ecologist
💧🌏 Greg Cocks
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