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| Study of the environment. Interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment |
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| An area that is spatially heterogeneous in atleast one factor of interest |
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| The point of origin of the pollution is clear (eg: a sewage plant) |
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| Non-Point (source) Pollution |
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| There is no single point of origin of the pollution as it comes from a larger area. (eg: pesticides sprayed on a field) |
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| Spatial continuity of a habitat or cover type across a landscape. |
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Habitat that provides connectivity between preferred habitat patches.
Relatively narrow strip of a particular type that differs from the areas adjacent on both sides. |
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| Surface area that differs from its surroundings in nature or appearance. |
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Background cover type in a landscape, characterized by extensive cover and high
connectivity; not all landscapes have a definable matrix. |
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| Portion of an ecosystem or cover type near its perimeter and within which envi- ronmental conditions may differ from interior locations in the ecosystem; also used as a measure of the length of adjacency between cover types on a landscape. |
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| Breaking up of a habitat or cover type into smaller, disconnected parcels. |
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| Spatial or temporal dimension of an object or process, characterized by both grain and extent. |
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| refers to the finest spatial resolution within a given data set |
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| Largest area of observation possible |
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| Acquisition of information about an object without physical interaction |
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| Tool for the evaluation and manipulation of geospatial data |
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| data that represents location on the ground using points, lines, and polygons |
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| A grid of cells, or pixels, each with a value representing some attribute of interest. |
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| Land Use/Land Cover Change |
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| LULCC- Land cover changes with land use. Fishbone pattern of deforestation, draining the aral sea..... |
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| Tropical atmospheric circulation with a rise near the equator. |
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| Inter-tropical-convergence zone: is the area encircling the earth near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together. |
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| EL Nino- 3-7 year cycle with water temperature and pressure changes corresponding. |
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| is a long-lived El Niño-like pattern of Pacific climate variability. (every 10 yrs) |
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| Rock that serves as a source for soil formation. Sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic. |
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| transition area between two biomes where communites meet. |
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