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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.
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Ecology is usually considered a branch of biology, the general science that studies living organisms. Organisms can be studied at many different levels, from proteins and nucleic acids (in biochemistry and molecular biology), to cells (in cellular biology), to individuals (in botany, zoology, and other similar disciplines), and finally at the level of populations, communities, and ecosystems, to the biosphere as a whole; these latter strata are the primary subjects of ecological inquiries. Ecology is a multi-disciplinary science. Because of its focus on the higher levels of the organization of life on earth and on the interrelations between organisms and their environment, ecology draws heavily on many other branches of science, especially geology and geography, meteorology, pedology, chemistry, and physics. Thus, ecology is considered by some to be a holistic science, one that over-arches older disciplines such as biology which in this view become sub-disciplines contributing to ecological knowledge. More on [ Ecology ]
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Revision; taxonomy, plant ecology, animal diversity, and the biological functioning of ecosystems. can't wait for tomorrow to be over!
Mitchillionaire (Mitchell Lennan) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:47:42 -0000
Revision; taxonomy, plant ecology, animal diversity, and the biological functioning of ecosystems. can't wait for tomorrow to be over!
Soil Food Web applies science of soil ecology to lawn and gardens; enhance the soil ecology to match the plant. http://www.soilfoodweb.com
LawnArtist (Bob Hamer) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:58:52 -0000
Soil Food Web applies science of soil ecology to lawn and gardens; enhance the soil ecology to match the plant. http://www.soilfoodweb.com
Off to write plant ecology final.
siratzaman (Sirat Aman) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:40:03 -0000
Off to write plant ecology final.
Plant Reproductive Ecology Patterns and Strategies http://chilp.it/bc2049
ecampusnet (Campus Net) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:05:40 -0000
Plant Reproductive Ecology Patterns and Strategies http://chilp.it/bc2049
Studying Ecology All Day Then Final At 7pm...Then Studying Plant.
addaniel (Alicia Daniel) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:28:52 -0000
Studying Ecology All Day Then Final At 7pm...Then Studying Plant.
Study Microbiology and Plant Physiological Ecology in Poland this summer! Information session Monday, Dec. 14 @ 3:15 pm in SSB 203
UMDieo (UMD International Ed) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:07:32 -0000
Study Microbiology and Plant Physiological Ecology in Poland this summer! Information session Monday, Dec. 14 @ 3:15 pm in SSB 203
Allelopathy Links - Annotated directory of internet links on allelopathy.
Amazon plants - Plant Ecology - Various images related to amazonian plant ecology.
Meta Description: [ Junglephotos Amazon Amazon Plant Ecology Redirect ]
CASIROZ Project on Chronic Ozone and Beech Trees - An EU funded project aiming to clarify the vulnerability of adult beech trees to the tropospheric ozone.
Meta Description: [ CASIROZ, Carbon sink strength in a changing environment. Risk Assessment, ozone, free-air fumigation ]
Dept of Plant Ecology, Uppsala University - Department of Ecological Botany
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Evolutionary Plant Ecology Group at Oulu - Evolutionary Plant Ecology group at the University of Oulu in Finland
GIS in Plant Ecology - Annotated bibliography of GIS uses within plant ecology, including examples of research involving the analysis and prediction of vegetation change. Useful GIS and mapping web links are also included.
Meta Description: [ GIS in Plant Ecology ]
Institute of Plant Ecology at Munster University, Germany - The institute conducts research and teaching in plant ecology, particularly ecophysiology and ethnobotany.
Meta Description: [ Ökologie der Pflanzen ]
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Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group - Carries out ecological research aimed at gaining insight into processes at the ecosytem and population level and uses those insights to optimise nature conservation.
Plant Ecology Group at Utrecht University - The group investigates plant strategies that determine the functioning of plants in their habitat. These include studies on morphological, physiological and population biological plant features.
Meta Description: [ Plantecology research group ]
Plant Ecology Section of Lund University -
Population growth - Results of undergraduate laboratory experiments on population ecology in Lemna, Azolla, Avena and Bromus spp.
Responses Of Submersed Vascular Plant Communities To Environmental Change - Study of submersed vascular plants and environmental changes
Meta Description: [ Aqua Botanic is your source for finding everything you need to know to keep aquatic plants from some of the best known authorities., Aqua Botanic is your source for finding everything you need to know to keep aquatic plants from some of the best known authorities. ]
Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology - Founded in 1961, UCPE is an internationally acclaimed group for basic and strategic research in plant ecology.
Vegetation Ecology at Bern - Forest and grassland ecology at the University of Bern.
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Vegetation Ecology Group at Vienna - Vegetation Ecology at the University of Vienna.
Vegetation Ecology of the Serra da Estrela - Vegetation ecology of the higher zones of the Serra da Estrela (Portugal), contains over 50 high quality photographs.
Meta Description: [ This site illustrates the study Vegetation ecology of the higher
zones of the Serra da Estrela (Portugal), using over 50 high quality photographs. ]
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