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ecological integrity

Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code

United States Code

16 U.S.C. § 460NNN — in this subchapter

The term “ecological integrity” means a landscape where ecological processes are functioning to maintain the structure, composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape over time, including—

(A) a complex of plant communities, habitats and conditions representative of variable and sustainable successional conditions; and

(B) the maintenance of biological diversity, soil fertility, and genetic interchange.