ecosystem engineer

collocation in English

meaningsofecosystemandengineer

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ecosystem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈiː.kəʊˌsɪs.təm/us
/ˈiː.koʊˌsɪs.təm/us
/ˈe.koʊˌsɪs.təm/
all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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(Definition ofecosystemandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Frequently considered anecosystemengineer, kelp provides a physical substrate and habitat for kelp forest communities.
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Frequently considered anecosystemengineer, kelp provides a physical substrate and habitat for kelp forest communities.
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It is anecosystemengineer, opening up dense thicket and woodland for more open-habitat species.
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Anecosystemengineeris any organism that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat.
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This species is anecosystemengineerthat can drastically alter habitats by overgrowing other sessile marine invertebrates.
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Thoughts may be that similar to other umbrella species by conserving anecosystemengineeryou may be able to protect the overall diversity of a landscape.
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Secondly, ecosystem engineers would influence the combination of populations present in a habitat and subsequently emergent properties at the community level, particularly succession, ecosystem resilience and stability.
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Grizzly bears function as ecosystem engineers, capturing salmon and carrying them into adjacent wooded areas.
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Some rodents are considered keystone species and ecosystem engineers in their respective habitats.
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Ecosystem engineers have been proposed as a means to restore a given area to its previous state.
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Seagrasses are ecosystem engineers in the sense that they partly create their own habitat.
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A different class of keystone species is what are termed ecosystem engineers.
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In addition to being able to assist in restoration ecology, ecosystem engineers may be a helpful agent in invasive species management.
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The presence of some ecosystem engineers has been linked to higher species richness at the landscape level.
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Litter transformers, mutualists, and ecosystem engineers all have strong impacts on their communities that can not be characterized as either top-down or bottom-up.
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Ecosystem engineers can influence nutrient cycling efficiency rates through their actions.
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As a result, ecosystem engineers are important for maintaining the health and stability of the environment they are living in.
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Many invasive species function as ecosystem engineers as they change the ecosystem around them as they construct a niche that is favorable to their own survival.
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Some marine organisms, like corals, kelp, mangroves and seagrasses, are ecosystem engineers which reshape the marine environment to the point where they create further habitat for other organisms.
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