Biology and Ecology

Metaphors drawn from living systems — evolution, growth, ecosystems, symbiosis, predation, and the life cycle.

Entries (52)

• Adaptive Cycle mental-model
• Apex Predator metaphor
• Balance of Nature paradigm
• Biodiversity Loss metaphor
• Business Ecosystem metaphor
• Catch and Store Energy mental-model
• Chimera metaphor
• Competitive Exclusion mental-model
• Creative Process Is Gardening metaphor
• Cross-Pollination metaphor
• Dead Zone metaphor
• Design from Patterns to Details mental-model
• Ecological Arms Race metaphor
• Ecological Footprint metaphor
• Ecological Niche metaphor
• Ecological Resilience metaphor
• Ecological Succession metaphor
• Ecosystem metaphor
• Edge Effect metaphor
• Fallow Period metaphor
• Genetic Engineering Is Biological Programming metaphor
• Homeostasis mental-model
• Ideas Are Plants metaphor
• Indicator Species metaphor
• Integrate Rather Than Segregate mental-model
• Invasive Species metaphor
• Keystone Species metaphor
• Monoculture metaphor
• Mutualism mental-model
• Mutualism as Metaphor metaphor
• Natural Capital paradigm
• Natural Selection mental-model
• Observe and Interact mental-model
• Old Growth vs. Clear-Cut metaphor
• Panarchy paradigm
• Parasitic Architecture metaphor
• Parasitism as Metaphor metaphor
• Pioneer Species metaphor
• Pollinator as Metaphor metaphor
• Predator-Prey mental-model
• Produce No Waste mental-model
• Regime Shift metaphor
• Seed and Soil metaphor
• Stacking Functions pattern
• Survival of the Fittest paradigm
• Symbiosis mental-model
• Symbiosis As Metaphor metaphor
• The Problem Is the Solution mental-model
• Tipping Point metaphor
• Trophic Cascade metaphor
• Use Edges and Value the Marginal mental-model
• Use Small and Slow Solutions mental-model