Chapter 2: Principles of ecology - Lincoln High School Biology

CHAPTER 2: PRINCIPLES

OF ECOLOGY

11/29/16

Ecology

The scientific discipline in which the relationship among living organisms and their interactions with their environments are studied.

Scientist who study ecology are called Ecologists.

Ecologist travel the world and study organisms in their environment and compile research on how they affect each other and how their environment affects the organisms.

There are many branches of ecology. Some include: ? Habitat ecology ? Community ecology ? Population ecology ? Evolutionary ecology ? Taxonomic ecology ? Human ecology ? Applied ecology ? Ecosystem dynamics

And there are many more!

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