Ecology

Group 5
 Ecology
What is
• Ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between living
organisms and their environment.

• It is the study of how organisms interact with each other and with their
abiotic surroundings, such as water, air, and soil.

• Ecology involves the study of the biosphere, which is the zone of earth
where living organisms exist, as well as the interactions between
different ecosystems. This field of study is crucial in helping us to
understand the natural systems that sustain life on our planet.
 What is Ecology
Ecology is the study of organisms
and how they interact with the
environment around them
The word ecology comes from the
Greek word 'Oikos' means house or
surrounding and logos means 'study
or knowledge'. So simply ecology
can be defined as the study of
surrounding animals and human
beings.
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What is
The word ecology was coined by the
German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, who
applied to the term oekologie to the
“relation of the animal both to its
organic as well as its inorganic
environment.” The word comes from
the Greek oikos, meaning
“household,” “home,” or “place to
live.” Thus, ecology deals with the
organism and its environment.
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• Eugene Odum is lionized
throughout science as the father of
modern ecology and recognized
by the University of Georgia as
the founder of what became the
Eugene P. Odum School of
Ecology — the world's first stand-
alone college of ecology,
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• Antonie van • Carl Linnaeus (1707- • Herbert Spencer

Leeuwenhoek 1778) Influential 1820-1903 Early
(1632-1723)First naturalist, inventor of founder of social
to develop science on the ecology, coined the
concept of food economy of nature phrase 'survival of
chains. the fittest
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The Scientists involved in Ecology

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• Stephen Forbes (1844-1930) ~Early founder of entomology and ecological concepts in 1887
• Vito Volterra (1860-1940) ~Independently pioneered mathematical populations models around
the same time as Alfred J. Lotka
• Vladimir Vernadsky (1868-1939) ~Founded the biosphere concept and development in studies
of ecological succesion
• Victor Hensen (1835-1924) ~Invented the term "plankton", developed quantitative and
statistical measures of productivity in the seas
• Eugenius Warming (1841-1924) ~Early founder of Ecological Plant Geography
• Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911) ~Pioneer and educator who linked urban ecology to
human health
• Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) ~First to developing concept of food chains Carl
• Linnaeus (1707-1778) ~Influential naturalist, inventor of science on the economy of nature
• Alexander Humboldt (1769-1859) ~First to describe ecological gradient of latitudinal
biodiversity increase toward the tropics in 1807
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Brances of Ecology

• Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) ~ Early founder of social ecology coined the

phrase "survival of the fittest"
• Karl Mobius (1825-1908) ~First to develop concept if ecological community,
biocenosis, or living community
• Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) ~Invented the term ecology, popularized research
links in between ecology and evolution
• Charles Darwin (1809-1882) ~Founder of the hypothesis of evolution by
means of natural selection, founder of ecological studies of soils
• Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817-1873) ~Geologist, mineralogist
and philosopher who observed rural vs urban living, spatially and culturally,
finding in country living the best attack on suffocating class divides,
healthier living, and best access to natural education.
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Brances of Ecology
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Brances of Ecology
Terrestrial Ecology is the study of
land-based ecosystems, their
populations and communities of
plants, animals, and microbes, their
Aquatic Ecology is the
study of the plants and animals
interactions with the atmosphere and
that live in our rivers and streams
with streams and groundwater, and
and their interactions.
their role in the cycling of energy,
water, and the major biogeochemical
elements such as carbon and
nitrogen.
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Brances of Ecology
Systems Ecology is a biological community consisting of all
the living organisms (including humans) in a particular area and the
nonliving components, such as air, water, and mineral soil, with
which the organisms interact. or Systems ecology can be defined as
the approach to the study of ecology of organisms using the
techniques and philosophy of systems analysis: that is, the methods
and tools developed, largely in engineering, for studying,
characterizing and making predictions about complex entities, that
is, systems..
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Brances of Ecology
BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS

Evolutionary Ecology is a field within both ecology

and evolution that examines how interactions between and
within species evolve. It explicitly considers the
evolutionary effects of competitors, mutualists, predators,
prey and pathogens. it helps researchers understand the
historical relationship between species and their
ecosystems.
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS

BENEFIT
S
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS
BENEFIT
S
- Ecology includes enhancing our environment everyday for all living
organisms to live in balance. It is crucial for our own well-being which also
provides valuable new knowledge of the interdependence between people and
nature can both benefit from each other.
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS
BENEFIT
S
- Ecology includes enhancing our environment everyday for all living
organisms to live in balance. It is crucial for our own well-being which also
provides valuable new knowledge of the interdependence between people and
nature can both benefit from each other.
In which it is vital for
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS
BENEFIT
S
- Ecology includes enhancing our environment everyday for all living
organisms to live in balance. It is crucial for our own well-being which also
provides valuable new knowledge of the interdependence between people and
nature can both benefit from each other.
In which it is vital for
• Food production • Maintaining clean air • Water •
Sustaining biodiversity (in a changing climate)
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS

Drawbacks
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS
Drawbacks

-There are many issues in the world that are causing one or
more of these effects.
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS
Drawbacks

-There are many issues in the world that are causing one or
more of these effects.
• Negative Impacts
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BENEFITS AND
DRAWBACKS
Drawbacks

-There are many issues in the world that are causing one or
more of these effects.
• Negative Impacts

• Climate change • Resource depletion

• Global warming • Displacement/extinction of wildlife
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Example

• Negative Impacts
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Example/Process
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IMPORTANCE
Why is ecology important?

Ecology enriches our world and is crucial for human well

being and prosperity. It provides new knowledge of the
interdependence between people and nature that is vital for
food production, maintaining clean air and water, and
sustaining biodiversity in a changing climate.
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Thank you for Listening
Members:
Researchers: Powerpoint Makers:
Liliana Guevarra Quindo Joanna Mia S. Vallega
Ashleigh Grace E. Demetita Alea G. Zerna
Ma.Lou Clavido

Script Writter/The voice of idea’s:

Maristella B. Equio