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Ecology

Demographic transition

Biology; Ecology

The hypothesis that industrialising nations exhibit death rate declines followed by birth rate declines.

Gangamma’s mandala

Biology; Ecology

A symmetrical herb garden design that allows access without requiring any trampling on the garden beds.

Gradation

Biology; Ecology

The growth and decline of a population. Also a geology term for land levelling by deposition and erosion.

Nonsymbiotic mutualism

Biology; Ecology

A relationship of relative independence, yet necessary for both species, as with bees and apple trees.

Laminar flow

Biology; Ecology

Uninterrupted parallel flows of liquid, as with blood flowing smoothly through the circulatory system.

Calcification

Biology; Ecology

Accumulation of calcium carbonate in upper soil layers. Frequent in semi-arid areas and in grasslands.

Cotyledon

Biology; Ecology

Embryo or seed leaves. They store nutrients for the seed until it grows its own photosynthetic leaves.

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