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The discipline that applies ecological principles to returning degraded ecosystems to a more natural state is known as________.

a. Restoration ecologyb. Thermodynamicsc. Eutrophicationd. Biogeochemistry

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The correct answer is a. Restoration ecology

Step-by-step explanation:

Restoration ecology was coined by John Aber and William Jordan in late 1980. Restoration ecology is the study of rehabilitation, recreation, restoration of a degraded and destroyed ecosystem. This restoration is achieved by human intervention.

The different projects in this study included many different points like removal of non-native species, control of erosion, reforestation, re-vegetation, rehabilitation of native plants and animal species, etc.

Restoration ecology is important to control rapid environmental change and extinction of ecologically important species. So the right answer is a.

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