terrestrial ecosystem

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Tardigrades are metameric invertebrates and are found worldwide in various habitats such as marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.
Feeding preferences of amphibians may dictate consequences on ecosystem function in terrestrial ecosystems.
More research is necessary to clarify the importance of amphibians in various types of terrestrial ecosystems.
Terrestrial ecosystems have few equivalents of schooling or aggregating marine species such as krill, forage fish, and squid, which support vast suites of large predators.
A consequence of efficiency and diversity is that natural terrestrial ecosystems are selfsufficient-requiring only inputs of sunlight and rainfall.
Considering the current interest in such ecosystems, including the availability of a major volume on terrestrial ecosystems, this chapter is particularly disappointing.
These inconsistent findings indicated that ecological roles of amphibians are not parallel in all terrestrial ecosystems.
We suggest that ecological roles of ground-dwelling amphibians may be species-specific and vary with different terrestrial ecosystems.
For example, international conservation groups have called for the total protection of 12 per cent of terrestrial ecosystems.
And yet, as the authors acknowledge, the best example of a nonhuman cultural primate, the chimpanzee, comes from one of the most stable terrestrial ecosystems.
The role of top carnivores in regulating terrestrial ecosystems.
The relationship with rainfall is due to the fact that water is usually a limiting factor for plants in most terrestrial ecosystems.
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