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Biodiversity. Managing nature when there are no 'ill winds'. 1995

J L Curnutt, and S Pimm

NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, UK.

Interspecific interactions affect biodiversity, but in unpredictable ways that change over time and space. There is little evidence for the 'ill wind that blows no good' to any species. So how can we manage nature?

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004463	Ecology	The branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their ENVIRONMENT, especially as manifested by natural cycles and rhythms, community development and structure, interactions between different kinds of organisms, geographic distributions, and population alterations. (Webster's, 3d ed)	Bionomics,Ecologies
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017753	Ecosystem	A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Ecosystems,Biome,Ecologic System,Ecologic Systems,Ecological System,Habitat,Niche, Ecological,System, Ecological,Systems, Ecological,Biomes,Ecological Niche,Ecological Systems,Habitats,System, Ecologic,Systems, Ecologic