@prefix envthes: . @prefix skos: . @prefix owl: . @prefix dc: . @prefix xsd: . envthes: skos:prefLabel "EnvThes"@en ; a owl:Ontology, skos:ConceptScheme . envthes:20935 skos:prefLabel "variable"@en ; a skos:Concept ; skos:narrower envthes:22116 . envthes:22116 skos:prefLabel "environmental heterogeneity"@en ; skos:scopeNote "MS Academic Keywords"@en ; skos:inScheme envthes: ; dc:creator "0000-0003-2195-3997"@en ; skos:broader envthes:20935 ; a skos:Concept ; skos:altLabel "heterogeneity of environment"@en ; dc:modified "2018-06-18"^^xsd:date ; skos:definition "[Simone D. LANGHANS] Environmental heterogeneity is a key regulator of ecological processes. Riverine floodplains areparticularly heterogeneous and dynamic systems and loss of their natural environmental heterogeneityand dynamism as a consequence of human impacts constitutes their most serious threat. On riverfloodplains, flow and flood pulses create a shifting mosaic of channels, ponds, bars, islands, andriparian forest patches. Composition and spatial arrangement of these habitat patches determinetheir degree of connectivity, which in turn controls the flux of matter and energy among adjacentpatches..."@en ; dc:created "2016-08-03"^^xsd:date .