BALANCEOFNATURE
Balance of nature
The balance of nature is a theory that says that ecological systems are usually in a stable equilibrium, which is to say that a small change in some particular parameter will be corrected by some negative feedback that will bring the parameter back to its original "point of balance" with the rest of the system. It may apply where populations depend on each other, for example in predator/prey systems, or relationships between herbivores and their food source. It is also sometimes applied to the relationship between the Earth's ecosystem, the composition of the atmosphere, and the world's weather.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Balance of nature
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