UNIT 2 extra VOCAB

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Regulating Services

Benefits where ecosystems mitigate environmental stressors, such as climate regulation, water purification, and pest control.

Cultural Services

These are the non-material benefits that ecosystems provide, such as recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual values.

Supporting Services

These are the services that ecosystems provide that support the other three categories, such as soil formation and nutrient cycling.

Edge Effect

changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary between two different ecosystems

Optimal Range

the ideal set of conditions an organism thrive by growing and reproducing successfully

Natural Disruption

Events in nature that significantly change the structure or function of an ecosystem

Disturbance

any event, whether natural or human-caused, that changes an ecosystem's structure or function by altering its population sizes or community composition