Essential Ecological Processes definition
Essential Ecological Processes means processes that maintain specific Habitat types and are necessary to sustain the Habitat (in a state usable by Covered Species). Essential Ecological Processes may include abiotic hydrological processes (both subsurface and surface), erosion, deposition, blowsand movement, substrate development and soil formation, disturbance regimes such as flooding and fire, and biotic processes such as reproduction, pollination, dispersal, and migration.
Examples of Essential Ecological Processes in a sentence
The MSHCP Reserve System is divided into 21 Conservation Areas that provide Core and other Conserved Habitat for Covered Species, conserve the natural communities included in the Plan and Essential Ecological Processes essential to sustain the Core Habitat and secure Biological Corridors and Linkages between major Habitat areas.