Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment. The environment of an organism includes both physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors such as solar insolation, climate and geology, as well as the other organisms that share its habitat. The term oekologie was coined in 1866 by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel, although it seems that Henry David Thoreau had already invented it in 1852 "Revisiting the Natural Contract", by Michel Serres, in Ctheory, May 11, 2006 ; the word is derived from the Greek οικος (oikos, "household") and λόγος (logos, "study"); therefore "ecology" means the "study of the household nature".
The word "ecology" is often used in common parlance as a synonym for the natural environment or environmentalism. Likewise "ecologic" or "ecological" is often taken in the sense of environmentally friendly.
Ecotourism :: Specialty Travel
Forestry :: Agriculture
Botany :: Biology
Evolution :: Biology
Field Biology :: Products and Services
Sociobiology
Zoology
Environmental Chemistry
Earth Sciences :: Science
Environment
Ecopsychology :: Alternative
Environment :: Issues
Conservation and Endangered Species :: Environment
Sustainable Development :: Environment

Ecolog-L - Archives and subscription management for the Ecological Society of America's e-mail group for ecology news, jobs postings, and discussion.
Ecology Tutorial - Short introduction to the science of ecology, including terminology.
History of Ecology - Bibliography and notes on prominent ecologists.
Suite 101: Ecology - Articles on ecological themes.
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