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Terrapsychology is a word coined by Craig Chalquist to describe deep, systematic, trans-empirical approaches to encountering the presence, soul, or "voice" of places and things: what the ancients knew as their resident genius loci or indwelling spirit. This perspective emerged from sustained ...
The ability of a biotic community to return to its former state after a disturbance.
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Creating offspring by fusing gametes (sex cells). Contrast with Asexual Reproduction.
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Hydrocarbon gasses that accumulate in rocks of marine sediment. Roughly 80% methane.
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The smallest ecologically distinctive area within a landscape classification system.
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Chemical weathering in which hydrogen ions from water alter a mineral's composition.
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A reversing seasonal wind often bearing heavy rainfall. Common near the Indian Ocean.
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A relationship between species that benefits both. Can be symbiotic or nonsymbiotic.
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Saddle-shaped depression between mountain peaks. Formed by opposing cirque glaciers.
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A plant whose reproductive organs (e.g., bulbs, corms) are underground or underwater.
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A branching stream channel that flows away from a main stream channel. See Tributary.
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