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| - | # The branch of [[biology]] dealing with the relationships of [[organism]]s with their [[environment]] and with each other. | ||
| - | #* '''1949''' - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart ''[[Earth Abides]]'' | ||
| - | #*: As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: ''The '''Ecology''' of the Black Creek Area''. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region. | ||
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| '''Ecology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]]: οίκος, ''oikos'', "household"; and λόγος, ''[[logos]]'', "knowledge") is the [[science|scientific]] study of the [[distribution]] and [[abundance]] of [[life]] and the [[interaction]]s between [[organism]]s and their environment. The environment of an organism includes physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local [[abiotic]] factors such as [[insolation]] (sunlight), [[climate]], and [[geology]], and biotic factors, which are other organisms that share its [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]]. | '''Ecology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]]: οίκος, ''oikos'', "household"; and λόγος, ''[[logos]]'', "knowledge") is the [[science|scientific]] study of the [[distribution]] and [[abundance]] of [[life]] and the [[interaction]]s between [[organism]]s and their environment. The environment of an organism includes physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local [[abiotic]] factors such as [[insolation]] (sunlight), [[climate]], and [[geology]], and biotic factors, which are other organisms that share its [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]]. | ||
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| The term ecology or ''oekologie'' was coined by the [[Germany|German]] biologist [[Ernst Haeckel]] in 1866, when he defined it as "the comprehensive science of the relationship of the organism to the environment." | The term ecology or ''oekologie'' was coined by the [[Germany|German]] biologist [[Ernst Haeckel]] in 1866, when he defined it as "the comprehensive science of the relationship of the organism to the environment." | ||
| - | ==Related terms== | + | ==See also== |
| - | * [[eco-]] | + | *[[Acoustic ecology]] |
| - | * [[ecological]] | + | *[[Agroecology]] |
| - | * [[ecologist]] | + | *[[Alpha diversity]] |
| - | * [[ecosystem]] | + | *[[Beta diversity]] |
| + | *[[Biological engineering]] | ||
| + | *[[Biotope]] | ||
| + | *[[Bioregionalism]] | ||
| + | *[[Chemical ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Cline (biology)]] | ||
| + | *[[Conservation movement]] | ||
| + | *[[Cultural ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Earth science]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecoacoustics]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecohydrology]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecological Forecasting]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecology movement]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecology of contexts]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecosystem model]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecological psychology]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecological Relationships]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecotope]] | ||
| + | *[[Ecoregion]] | ||
| + | *[[Endemism]] | ||
| + | *[[Environment (biophysical)|Environment]] | ||
| + | *[[Emergy]] | ||
| + | *[[Exergy]] | ||
| + | *[[Forest farming]] | ||
| + | *[[Forest gardening]] | ||
| + | *[[Guild (ecology)]] | ||
| + | *[[Habitat conservation]] | ||
| + | *[[Industrial ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Information ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Insect ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Intraspecific]] | ||
| + | *[[Knowledge ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Landscape ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Landscape limnology]] | ||
| + | *[[Natural landscape]] | ||
| + | *[[Natural resource]] | ||
| + | *[[Natural resource management]] | ||
| + | *[[Palaeoecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Pedodiversity]] | ||
| + | *[[Phenology]] | ||
| + | *[[Philosophy of environment]] | ||
| + | *[[Public ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Restoration ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Sustainable development]] | ||
| + | *[[Trophic cascade]] | ||
| + | *[[Urban ecology]] | ||
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| + | ===Lists=== | ||
| + | *[[Index of biology articles]] | ||
| + | *[[Glossary of ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[List of ecologists]] | ||
| + | *[[List of important publications in biology#Ecology]] | ||
| + | *[[Outline of biology]] | ||
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Ecology (from Greek: οίκος, oikos, "household"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their environment. The environment of an organism includes physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors such as insolation (sunlight), climate, and geology, and biotic factors, which are other organisms that share its habitat.
The word "ecology" is often used more loosely in such terms as social ecology and deep ecology and 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.
The term ecology or oekologie was coined by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866, when he defined it as "the comprehensive science of the relationship of the organism to the environment."
See also
- Acoustic ecology
- Agroecology
- Alpha diversity
- Beta diversity
- Biological engineering
- Biotope
- Bioregionalism
- Chemical ecology
- Cline (biology)
- Conservation movement
- Cultural ecology
- Earth science
- Ecoacoustics
- Ecohydrology
- Ecological Forecasting
- Ecology movement
- Ecology of contexts
- Ecosystem model
- Ecological psychology
- Ecological Relationships
- Ecotope
- Ecoregion
- Endemism
- Environment
- Emergy
- Exergy
- Forest farming
- Forest gardening
- Guild (ecology)
- Habitat conservation
- Industrial ecology
- Information ecology
- Insect ecology
- Intraspecific
- Knowledge ecology
- Landscape ecology
- Landscape limnology
- Natural landscape
- Natural resource
- Natural resource management
- Palaeoecology
- Pedodiversity
- Phenology
- Philosophy of environment
- Public ecology
- Restoration ecology
- Sustainable development
- Trophic cascade
- Urban ecology
Lists
- Index of biology articles
- Glossary of ecology
- List of ecologists
- List of important publications in biology#Ecology
- Outline of biology
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