ecological
He catalogues ecologically important insects.
Supermarkets were beginning to think more ecologically.
Decades of intense human activity have left the area ecologically ravaged.

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ecologically
The operations are set up to cut timber from 1,000 hectares of rainforest in an ecologically sustainable manner.
One should be cautious not to romanticize poor and nonindustrial people as earth friendly and ecologically responsible.
Finally, productivity must also be considered when comparing agricultural systems, as a farm must be economically, as well as ecologically, sustainable.
There is the ecologically minded self, the economically minded self, and the socially minded self that likes to keep up with the neighbors.
Figure 4a shows that, indeed, attentiveness to political information exerts a significant effect on one's level of uncertainty only among the ecologically aware.
Ecologically, the costs of being a perennial are offset by the advantages.
Some of these species are uncommon or contribute minimally to overall biomass and consequently their competition for resources may be ecologically negligible.
The study proceeded in an ecologically friendly way, where music-making took place in a normal classroom environment.
The effects of stream basin and watershed could represent proximity effects rather than indicating ecologically significant units.
The authors also emphasize the need for an ecologically sound framework for conservation efforts, a point of growing importance.
Although some criticisms were noted, in general, both communities demonstrate ecologically responsible intentions and actions.
In the late eighteenth century, innovations in the agrarian landscape and hunting technology produced a new, much less ecologically sensitive kind of hunting.
Ecologically based techniques provide a framework to explore the integration of images, sounds and space.
But the very environmental crisis makes us aware that some landscapes or 'ecumenes' are less compatible than others with an ecologically balanced way of life.
It is important to get ecologically valid results, that is, results based on behaviour that is relevant to a real-world situation.
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