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Community Simplification: The reduction of overall species diversity in a community; generally caused by human activity.

Junior-Community College: A Junior/Community College is a two-year institution of higher education. Course offerings generally include a transfer curriculum with credits transferable toward a bachelor's degree at a f . . . View Full Definition

European Community (EC): A regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome (1957), which provided for the gradual elimination of customs duties and other interregional trade barriers, a common external tariff, a . . . View Full Definition

Desired Plant Community: The plant community that has been determined through a land use or management plan to best meet the plan’s objectives for a site. A desired plant community is consistent with the site’s capa . . . View Full Definition

Community Succession: The sequential replacement of species in a community by immigration of new species and by local extinction of old ones.

Open Community: A community in which the populations have different density peaks and range boundaries and are distributed more or less randomly.

Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP): A program established by the rural development Title of the FAIR Act of 1996 under which USDA is authorized to provide state rural development block grants, direct and guaranteed loans, and . . . View Full Definition

Work Simplification: The process of making a job easier and simpler to perform. Involves analyzing various job tasks by compiling work process, work flow and work distribution charts. The information is then rev . . . View Full Definition

Therapeutic Community: A term of British origin, now widely used, for a specially structured mental hospital milieu that encourages patients to function within the range of social norms.

Stressed Community: A community that is disturbed by human activity, such as road building or pollution, and is inadvertently simplified. Some species become superabundant while others disappear.