Biocompatibility: a Criterion for Conservation

Biocompatibility: a Criterion for Conservation

dc.creatorSkutch, Alexander F
dc.date1998-09-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-03T17:59:03Z
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dc.identifierhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19715
dc.identifier10.15517/rbt.v46i3.19715
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7898088
dc.descriptionA rich ecosystem Iike a tropical rain forest contains three categories of organisms: ( 1) the sustainer green photosynthetic plants of a1l growth forms, theír poIlinators, seed dispersers, and próteétors'from injurious insects, and mostIy obscure decomposers Cif dead malter that replenish the soil's fertility; (2) the associates or "guests", a diverse group that appears to be rleither necessary foc the maintenance of the ecosystem nor injurious to it; and (3) the "enemies", predators great andsmall, parasites externa! and interna!, pathogens, etc. that torture, mutilate, oc destroy membersof the fmt two categories, which coexist harmoníously, rarely injuring on¡; another. Iurge conservationists. to give preferentia! treatment to these comp¡¡tible categories, ceasing to apply inadequate resources to theprotection oc increase of members of the third category, if nor trying to eliminate sorne of them. By promoting biocompatibility, or compatible biodiversity, instead of biodiversity of undefined limits, we might rnake a more harmonious, productive, and enjoyable natural world.en-US
dc.descriptionA rich ecosystem Iike a tropical rain forest contains three categories of organisms: ( 1) the sustainer green photosynthetic plants of a1l growth forms, theír poIlinators, seed dispersers, and próteétors'from injurious insects, and mostIy obscure decomposers Cif dead malter that replenish the soil's fertility; (2) the associates or "guests", a diverse group that appears to be rleither necessary foc the maintenance of the ecosystem nor injurious to it; and (3) the "enemies", predators great andsmall, parasites externa! and interna!, pathogens, etc. that torture, mutilate, oc destroy membersof the fmt two categories, which coexist harmoníously, rarely injuring on¡; another. Iurge conservationists. to give preferentia! treatment to these comp¡¡tible categories, ceasing to apply inadequate resources to theprotection oc increase of members of the third category, if nor trying to eliminate sorne of them. By promoting biocompatibility, or compatible biodiversity, instead of biodiversity of undefined limits, we might rnake a more harmonious, productive, and enjoyable natural world.es-ES
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Ricaen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19715/19794
dc.rightsDerechos de autor 1998 Revista de Biología Tropicales-ES
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0es-ES
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 No. 3 (1998): Volume 46 – Regular number 3 – September 1998; 481–486en-US
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 Núm. 3 (1998): Volumen 46 – Volumen regular 3 – Setiembre 1998; 481–486es-ES
dc.sourceRevista Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 N.º 3 (1998): Volumen 46 – Volumen regular 3 – Setiembre 1998; 481–486pt-PT
dc.source2215-2075
dc.source0034-7744
dc.source10.15517/rbt.v46i3
dc.subjectconservationen-US
dc.subjectbiocompatibility or compatible biodiversityen-US
dc.subjectharmonyen-US
dc.subjectconservationes-ES
dc.subjectbiocompatibility or compatible biodiversityes-ES
dc.subjectharmonyes-ES
dc.titleBiocompatibility: a Criterion for Conservationen-US
dc.titleBiocompatibility: a Criterion for Conservationes-ES
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dc.typeArticleen-US


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