Biology Category
Organisms that modify their environment and ecosystem consequences.
Welcome to the Ecosystem Engineering category of this site. Here you will find clear, detailed articles covering key topics related to Ecosystem Engineering.
A detailed guide to alligator holes and wetland faunal refugia. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to american pika haypiles and alpine litter dynamics. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to ant nest construction and subterranean soil modification. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to autogenic versus allogenic ecosystem engineering. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to beaver dam removal and stream restoration outcomes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to beaver dams and stream habitat modification. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to beaver pond succession and wetland plant colonization. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to beetle boring activity and deadwood decomposition pathways. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to biogeomorphic feedback loops in riverine landscapes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to bioturbation effects on aquatic sediment oxygenation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to bison wallows and prairie soil disturbance. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to burrowing owls and mammal excavation reuse. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to climate consequences of organismal habitat modification. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to coral reef framework building and carbonate deposition. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to cyanobacterial mats and sediment stabilization. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to deep dung beetle burial and soil nutrient incorporation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to earthworm burrow networks and soil pore architecture. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to ecosystem engineer interactions with climate change. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to ecosystem engineering effects on biodiversity maintenance. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to elephant foraging and woodland to grassland conversion. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to foundation species and community facilitation cascades. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to freshwater mussel filtering and water clarity enhancement. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to fungus farming leafcutter ants and nutrient recycling. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to gopher tortoise burrows and vertebrate communal use. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to hippo wallows and river channel geomorphology. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to invasive ecosystem engineers and native community shifts. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to kelp forest canopy formation and wave attenuation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to kelp holdfast attachment and benthic habitat complexity. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to lichen weathering and rock surface pedogenesis. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to mangrove root systems as coastal sediment traps. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to niche construction theory and organism environment feedback. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to oyster reef accretion and estuarine habitat provision. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to parrotfish biting and carbonate sand generation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to phytotelmata habitats and container ecosystem structure. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to pocket gopher tunneling and soil horizon mixing. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to prairie dog colonies and grassland vegetation structure. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to rewilding large herbivores and landscape engineering. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to salmon carcass transport and riparian nutrient subsidies. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to salt marsh cordgrass sediment stabilization. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to sea otter predation and kelp forest persistence. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to seabird guano deposition and island soil fertility. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to seagrass meadow trapping and coastal sediment binding. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to soil crusts and desert surface hydrological modification. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to sphagnum moss growth and peatland water retention. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to termite mound building and savanna nutrient patterning. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tree squirrel seed caching and forest regeneration. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to treefall gaps and forest understory light dynamics. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tunneling behavior of moles and root zone aeration. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to whale fall communities and deep sea nutrient oases. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to woodpecker cavity excavation and secondary nest availability. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
