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... > social science subjects > sociology > environmental, urban and regional sociology > environmental sociology > conservation and ecology > disequilibrium

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disequilibrium  

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  • DISEQUILIBRIUM, AS USED in ecology, is a term used to describe systems that do not tend toward a stable, homeostatic balance. Whereas an ecological system in equilibrium tends toward stability both in terms of species composition and cycling of abiotic nutrients and energy, a system in disequilibrium exhibits no stable end point, has species composition in flux, and exchanges nutrients, energy, and organisms with surrounding systems. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Disequilibrium]

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