Planet's Ecological Diversity: Explanations Still Elude Scientists

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	Planet's Ecological Diversity: Explanations Still Elude Scientists

wildcat

10-28-2008 7:10 AM

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planet, hyper diversity, tropical rainforests

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Hyper Diversity

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10-29-2008 11:07 AM

Silkweaver

We are far from understanding complex systems at large, and ecological systems in particular.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e03a113a-fc1e-413a-8bf4-4f210d339ccb/B50865F3-6499-4C4B-9624-ECA68ABF09AB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/10/planets-ecologi.html" href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/10/planets-ecologi.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailygalaxy.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/10/planets-ecologi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailygalaxy.com/img/F5CB1B00-160F-4B35-B242-8AD7A4050DEB" alt="Barb_ecology_lg_01" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/10/planets-ecologi.html">In their attempts to properly predict what will come next to our planet as a result of climate change, scientists have been attempting to understand as much as possible. Predictive models can only provide accurate predictions when they are filled with all the data; without it, there are gaps.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/10/planets-ecologi.html"><P>Subsequently, scientists have been attempting to understand the
ecological diversity of our planets flora. From rainforests to arboreal
forests, researchers are busily trying to understand how everything
works together.</p> <P>
It is similar to the attempts in another science, physics, to unify all
that we know in a Grand Unifying Theory. While we understand a lot of
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researchers claim that trees in a hyper-diverse tropical rainforest
interact with each other and their environment to maintain the
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