from nearby plants of other species. In the reference column of Table 1, only the first chromosome number report for a species is cited. The following subgenera, with the number Received for publication 13 Mar. 1995. Accepted for publication 14 July 1995. This research was funded by CRIS 5358-21000-011-000 at the U.S.
ecological. adj. 1. (Environmental Science) of or relating to ecology. 2. (Environmental Science) (of a practice, policy, product, etc) tending to benefit or cause minimal damage to the environment.
An ecosystem is all the living things, from plants and animals to microscopic organisms, that share an environment. Everything in an ecosystem has an important role. Well, almost everything. The term ecosystem was coined in 1935, though ecosystems have been around as long as living things. Eco is a spin-off from the word ecology and describes anything having to do with the environment and our relation to it.