The Emergence Machine

Ecosystem Diversity

property · Ecology · Level 8 · E7

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Variation in ecosystem types, structure, and function within a region or globally.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “ecosystem diversity” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “ecosystem diversity”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
ecosystem diversity
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0Ecosystem Divers…EcosystemEcologyAnimalDifferentOrganism… intermediate l…EnvironmentFormLifeProcessActionChangeMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesEcosystem Divers…L8DifferentL4EcosystemL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Different L4 (requires)
    Ecosystem diversity refers to the variety of different species, their populations, and their interactions within an ecosystem, influenced by the flow of energy and matter through the system.
  • Ecosystem L7 (requires) Biology sense
    Requires understanding of ecosystem