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MATRIX BIODIVERSITY [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
DEF

...organisms, or parts thereof, populations, or any other biotic component of ecosystems with actual or potential use or value to humanity.

OBS

As noted above, biodiversity refers to the overall variety of organisms, their processes, connectedness and matrix, while biological resources, on the other hand, has a more restricted meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

[...] organismes ou éléments de ceux-ci, populations, ou tout autre élément biotique des écosystèmes ayant une utilisation ou une valeur effective ou potentielle pour l'humanité.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Nutrient cycling is an ecosystem level function because nutrients are essential to organisms and because of the pervasive and complex pathways and geochemical processes involved. The term "biogeochemical" cycles has been coined to describe the nature of this phenomenon. Its pervasive and essential presence is an explicit example of the fifth inseparable dimension of biodiversity, namely the abiotic biodiversity matrix.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Les indicateurs les plus critiques de l'«état de la biodiversité» doivent nous renseigner sur la biodiversité en soi et non pas uniquement sur les tendances en matière de substances chimiques toxiques et de qualité de l'eau, des sols ou de l'air, même si ces paramètres peuvent nous renseigner sur l'état de la matrice abiotique de la biodiversité.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

The matrix of biodiversity. Organisms do not and cannot live separate from the so-called physical environment of the Earth with which they are clearly in some sort of unity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

La matrice de la biodiversité : Les organismes ne vivent pas et sont incapables de vivre séparés du «milieu physique» que leur procure la Terre et avec lequel ils sont de toute évidence intimement liés.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Biodiversity is inseparable from its encompassing matrix. The five components of biodiversity are : genetic diversity, taxonomic diversity, ecosystem diversity, ecological functions, and the encompassing physical matrix.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Enfin, la biodiversité ne peut être séparée de la matrice physique qui l'englobe. On peut donc en distinguer cinq composantes : la diversité génétique, la diversité taxinomique, la diversité écosystémique, les fonctions écologiques et la matrice abiotique.

Spanish

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