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Some characteristics of intentionally modified ecosystems
| High natural resource extraction |
| Short food chains |
| Food web simplification |
| Habitat homogeneity |
| Landscape homogeneity |
| Heavy use of herbicides, pesticides, and insecticides |
| Large importation of nonsolar energy |
| Large importation of nutrient supplements |
| Convergent soil characteristics |
| Modified hydrological cycles |
| Reduced biotic and physical disturbance regimes |
| Global mobility of people, goods, and services |
