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illnelrons on an elemenr, i| eoiiapses One eannol
reasonably eapeel a eow lo give milk, raise a call,
ioraee lo own iood, Plaugh, liaul waier, and lread a
eorrr rnrii. Farmlg an elemeni io lunenen, lroweyer, is a
very dilierenl pmposlhml irom pufiing ii in poaioon
wliere rlr narrirai or everyday behaviours perrnii
benerrrs lo ollier parisoi riresyrlern

Film! eonmiy, a lree or rnicken experiultu no
rouse riol rommen lo all erees and eiurkens aboul llieir
daily lnisrness rurllrer, ii we piaee any oi llie ollier
elemenis needed dose by, lire nee or eliieken lias less
sooss ilian normal. I "it design approaen ind! llral
permils eemponenrs lo provide many ilinrlions
wilnorrl ierring runelrons illral are nor in any ease
lnlierenii upon lliai elemenl The elusken may be buiy,
bin nel overworked

people, loo, like lo oe wirere rlierr very diiierenl and
eompienwnlary orpalnirries are used railier llran being
ioleod Io eillier a single llinelion like a M—a—ynr
emekeri or a iypisr eonnned lo a mpflm operaiiion in
an oiiirel, or so many iunenons ilral iiiey suiier
depnyarron or overload iiiko olir eow rbovei

 

smu we may be deilmd es minor pleeoniion oi
naililrai iomlion, orol loloeo lunnloll Harmony my be
oelim as me inlooroiion oi elioson and naiiilal
liineiione. and we supply oi emrlnal needs.

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DIVERSITY

Div: ry rs lire number oi driierenl eornponenis or
eonslrrrris in ine syslem. an emrmmrrnn oi eiemenis
and 0! pans ll lias no reinliorrsnip lo eonneeoons be-
rween eomponenis, and hide lo ilie irrnelron or me
sell-meniaong eapaerry oi any real syslem iwiinrn llre
boundanes oi loo iew or loo many eempononrsi. Thus
diyersriy eliber oi eomponenis or lwemhlits does nol
oi nseii gunranlee eiilier siabiilry or yield wnere we
MIME"! surli dive-oily, as in our gardens, llien lliis
may guaraniee yield, bill ii we leave our gardens. iney
will ororpliiy, or simply be oblilerrred oy
non-mainla ned and lrnrdy speoes adapieoi lo llial sire
las rs eyldenl in any abandoned pardeni

Thus, our own eiiorls are an mu‘ral parl oi
mainiainine dryersi in a pennaeuinire syslern Few
species gmwn by people peroisr beyond lire liieirme oi
those species ii we leave llie slnlarion alone Auslnlia
rs n eorrnrry wlrere iowns may arise and be abandoned
lo serve a mining or porl operailon wnere (hese were
burll in ioresied areas, uiey are oblihuakd by ioresi in
30—50 years, will perlirps a iew neer sueli as daies,
mulberrres, and fig; persrsiing in sayannalr er isoialed
dryiand ioealiorrs.1lrese ~ruryryor nees are lrnporlanl
lo nole in planning longer—rerm sinbrlily lor llial
Ieynn.

Gun drverrlly may rreaie rliaos or eoniiislon,

 

 

 

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wlreroar rnirinpie innelion irnner order and develops
reroureer. lbeiieye lliar a nappy medium is io irrrirrde
as muck dryerniy in a errinvaled eeosyslem as rl ean
marnialn llseli, rnd lo lei i| simpiily or eomplieale
iunlier ri rlial is lls nanire.

Very dryerse rims, espeeraiiy siren alaslran sysienis
as eornpeiine beiieis, are diliirull ro mako eornpaiible
wilir any nanrrai sysiem, or knowledge, so lirai some
roro oi dogmane dlvusuy are as lneompalrbie as a
oliieken and a lor Although irrre Immpuibllily lluy
be rare, one should lie prepared ior il io eaisl, and an
“unveiling neilirai eomponeni ran be innodrreed,as rs
lire case when gnawing lliose bad neighbours" apples
and wainllis, WMIEI rs neeasaary lo mieryene leh a
mulberry, wlilrli eelsaiong wlili lliern bollr.

MW

ii is nol me nonlbol oi divanse illinos in a design llioi
loads m sunny. ii is Ihl numbll oi bonoiiolal
connoaiens bolwoon iii-s. MWMMS.

ii ioiiews inal addin in a ieelinoioey or living species
‘lusl to love ir \hm‘ loss no sense lo il Adding il in lo
supply a need or eonsurne an ornerwise wasled
mnmln do Something iisdul—malvks a ereal deal oi
sense, alien, bnwever, we iaek iuneiionai iniorrnanon
on componenlr and may lliereiore leave our
leelmoingies or spears in dzsigns whkh would have
been userui hid we known Thus,

IMurma'linn is th- thical pololnial msoliroo. it becomes
a nrsollroe only when unlined mo aided ripen

in ilie real world, resonrres nre tangy slnrages, in llie
absirael world, riseiui iniormaiion or irme. Wall-w. rn
iris talegonri oi resourees. ineirldes lime and divers-ly
Dryersiiy e/rlsei/rs now nol seen as a lesoirree. bill i
dryersliy oi lenmrni lunrironri lumuniam’ renarniy is a
reooureo Compieariy, in me si-nse oi some powerlrii
rnlereonneelions beiween species, rs wlrai we are really
mixing rn iood sysrems. Such mmpieriry lias iis own
rules, and we are slowly evulving inose rules as
reeemmendalions lor peiyrnilures ideaii wl|h
elsewlirre in rlris book under llielr eiirnanr eliaracler-
(skis), or as "guilds" ni pianis and animals lnal assrsi
eaen oiuer

reier Moon mew sieninl, 223 Feb ‘85) r lrales
beiween nellness illie number oi sperles per unrl areal,
drurrsny illie reialwe abilndanee oi speeresi, and
mitts: inaw rpeeies eonrribllie io me biomass ioiaii
lie noies llial rieliners mny derrease in planls as
sysierns age, when sliade and rompeirlren reduce
annuals or weaker speeies, bin lliar rlelrness mry liren
rnrrease in animals such as deeompnsers, diie io rlre
dzvelapmem oi a grearer range oi nielies and
mierociimare imore animals live in migrated or unerri
gnshnds, bill less pianl species suryieel

Rirhness oi lroe species lras very reeenlly been
ooneialed lo lire energy rise 01 ilial piani romrnunily,
as measured by eyopolranspiralron were sereniisi, 22