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    Ecology is defined as the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. It examines how living things interact with each other and with non-living elements within their environment. Ecology encompasses many subfields that study different scales and aspects of these interactions such as plant ecology, animal ecology, ecosystem ecology, and conservation ecology. While ecology began as the study of natural history, it has evolved to also utilize experimental and modeling approaches to test hypotheses and develop theories about these complex relationships. There is an ongoing debate about how ecology relates to environmentalism and whether protecting the environment should be one of ecology's primary goals.

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    Ecology is defined as the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. It examines how living things interact with each other and with non-living elements within their environment. Ecology encompasses many subfields that study different scales and aspects of these interactions such as plant ecology, animal ecology, ecosystem ecology, and conservation ecology. While ecology began as the study of natural history, it has evolved to also utilize experimental and modeling approaches to test hypotheses and develop theories about these complex relationships. There is an ongoing debate about how ecology relates to environmentalism and whether protecting the environment should be one of ecology's primary goals.

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    Ecology is defined as the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. It examines how living things interact with each other and with non-living elements within their environment. Ecology encompasses many subfields that study different scales and aspects of these interactions such as plant ecology, animal ecology, ecosystem ecology, and conservation ecology. While ecology began as the study of natural history, it has evolved to also utilize experimental and modeling approaches to test hypotheses and develop theories about these complex relationships. There is an ongoing debate about how ecology relates to environmentalism and whether protecting the environment should be one of ecology's primary goals.

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    1/12/2013

    What is ecology?
    Many definitions

    One for us?

    Environment

    What is ecology?

    Does ecology = environmentalism?

    A little etymology
    Ecology is derived from oikos (Greek) meaning household, and logos meaning study

    the study of the household

    Ernst Haeckel (1866): oecologiethe economy of nature

    Bill Erwin

    the management of the household

    So why are ecology and economy often at odds with one another?

    A true tree hugger

    Ecology is a diverse science


    Plant ecology Animal ecology Molecular ecology Physiological ecology Population ecology Community ecology Ecosystem ecology Landscape ecology Conservation ecology Restoration ecology

    Ecology as a science
    Started mainly as natural history Now, ecologists primarily conduct experiments, test hypotheses, and develop models What about natural history?

    1/12/2013

    Ecological experiments
    Where should we conduct experiments? Why?

    Conducting ecological experiments


    Greenhouse Lab vs. field Short-term vs. long-term Spatial scale; replication Limno-corrals

    Pros Laboratory Field

    Cons
    Mesocosms

    Kiddie pool ecology?

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