Glossary H
The Environmental Glossary. Letter H +++ Popular Articles: 'Habitat fragmentation', 'Hierarchical grid', 'Heating Penalty'
In ecology, a heterotroph is an organism that relies on consuming other organisms or organic matter to obtain energy and nutrients for growth and survival. Heterotrophs are unable to produce their own food, unlike autotrophs, which can produce their own food through processes such as photosynthesis.
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A hierarchial geometric decomposition is the mathematical process of breaking down a geometric structure into component parts.
A hierarchical model is a construct in which component variables and systems of ecological entities are defined to have the smallest unit of spatial and temporal detail in the lowest