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| abiotic factor Physical, chemical and other non-living environmental factors. They are essential for living plants and animals of an ecosystem, providing the essential elements and nutrients that are necessary for growth. The abiotic elements also include the climatic and pedologic components of the ecosystem | Abiotischer Faktor |
| anthropogenic factor | anthropogenes Faktor |
| anthropogenic factor | Anthropogener Faktor |
| bioconcentration factor The quotient of the concentration of a chemical in aquatic organisms at a specific time or during a discrete time period of exposure, divided by the concentration in the surrounding water at the same time or during the same period | Biokonzentrationsfaktor |
| bio-concentration factor in fish | Faktor der Biokonzentration in Fischen |
| biotic factor The influence upon the environment of organisms owing to the presence and activities of other organisms, as distinct from a physical, abiotic, environmental factor | Biotischer Faktor |
| cleaning factor | Luftreinigungsfaktor |
| climatic factor | Klimafaktor |
| climatic factor Physical conditions that determine the climate in a given area, e.g. latitude, altitude, ocean streams, etc. | Klimafaktor |
| damping factor | Dämpfungsverhältnis |
| damping factor | Dämpfungskonstante |
| ecologic factor | ökologischer Faktor |
| ecological factor An environmental factor that, under some definite conditions, can exert appreciable influence on organisms or their communities, causing the increase or decrease in the number of organisms and/or changes in the communities | Ökologischer Faktor |
| ecological factor | Ökologischer Faktor |
| edaphic factor | edaphischer Faktor |
| effective quality factor | effektiver Bewertungsfaktor |
| emission factor The relationship between the amount of pollutants produced to the amount of raw materials processed, or fuel consumed, in any polluting process | Emissionsfaktor |
| energy factor | Energiefaktor |
| factor four | Faktor Vier |
| Factor Four | Faktor Vier |
| factor market Significant elements or reasons for an outcome in the buying, selling, and trading of particular goods or services | Faktormarkt |
| factor market | Faktormarkt |
| fill factor | Flächennutzungsfaktor |
| geogenic factor Geogenic factors are those which originate in the soil, as opposed to those of anthropic origin (anthropogenic) | Geogener Faktor |
| geogenic factor | Geogener Faktor |
| green factor | Umweltbelange |
| human factor | Einsatzkräfte |
| human-caused risk scaling factor | Risikoindex der Waldbrandentstehung durch den Menschen |
| interaction factor | Nachweisfaktor |
| limiting factor | limitierender Faktor |
| limiting factor | Begrenzungsfaktor |
| linear reduction factor | linearer Kürzungsfaktor |
| nuisance factor | Schadensfaktor |
| partial risk factor | partieller Risikofaktor |
| pollution factor for industrial sewage | Industriebeiwert |
| site factor | Standortfaktor |
| socioeconomic factor An essential element in a society's make-up, organization or behavior that combines financial dimensions with inter-personal or inter-group dynamics | Sozioökonomischer Faktor |
| toxicity equivalent factor | Toxizitätsgleichwert |
| transfer factor | Transferfaktor |
| trophic factor | Nahrungsfaktor |
| W-factor | Gewichtungsfaktor |
