Sentence examples for ecological term from inspiring English sources
"The 'edge effect' is an ecological term that describes the juxtaposition of two contrasting environments," he said.
In ecological terms, worse, perhaps very much worse, is on the way.
The costs of oil spills are considerable in both economic and ecological terms.
The peninsula is almost an island, in ecological terms: water on three sides, frost on the fourth.
While entomologists and beekeepers alike lament that development, quantifying the loss of the wild honeybee in purely ecological terms is difficult.
By talking about cancer in ecological terms, Pienta was, in the tradition of Paget and Fidler, urging his colleagues to pay more attention to the soil.
"In ecological terms, scientists refer to R-selected species and k-selected species," said Dr. Patrick Thomas, curator of mammals at the Bronx Zoo.
In ecological terms we are in "overshoot" of Earth's "carrying capacity" for humans, our demand exceeding the planet's absorptive and regenerative capacities.
The survey took place just five years after intense scallop dredging officially stopped there – a blink of an eye in ecological terms.
But I think it is fair to say that trout fishermen have, in ecological terms, done more good than harm, as many of the habitats they value would not exist in any form without them.
He described the theatre, with its natural ventilation and low energy consumption, as "absolutely unique … and light years ahead in ecological terms" of other similarly sized cultural buildings in France.
