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Meanwhile, an ecological [[perspective]] sees wildness as "(the degree of) subjection to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection natural selection] pressures", many of which emerge independently from the biosphere. Thus [[modern]] [[civilization]] - contrasted with all [[humanity]] - can be seen as an 'unnatural' force (lacking wildness) as it strongly insulates its [[population]] from many natural selection [[mechanisms]], including interspecific [[competition]] such as predation and [[disease]], as well as some intraspecific phenomena.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildness]
 
Meanwhile, an ecological [[perspective]] sees wildness as "(the degree of) subjection to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection natural selection] pressures", many of which emerge independently from the biosphere. Thus [[modern]] [[civilization]] - contrasted with all [[humanity]] - can be seen as an 'unnatural' force (lacking wildness) as it strongly insulates its [[population]] from many natural selection [[mechanisms]], including interspecific [[competition]] such as predation and [[disease]], as well as some intraspecific phenomena.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildness]
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==See also==
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*'''''[[Tame]]'''''
    
[[Category: Biology]]
 
[[Category: Biology]]
 
[[Category: Ecology]]
 
[[Category: Ecology]]