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Ecology [encyclopedia] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | An assemblage of natural communities and species, within areas of ecological potential based on soil, climate and topography parameters are called ecoregions, and constitute a basic element in ecology. |
| | Ecology includes many sub-disciplines including theoretical ecology, applied ecology, behavioral ecology, macroecology, systems ecology, ecosystems ecology, community ecology, social ecology, population ecology, landscape ecology, conservation ecology, soil ecology, paleoecology, microbial ecology, ecoevolution and agroecology. |
| | Ecology also plays important roles in the inter-disciplinary fields of ecological economics, ecological health, ecological design and ecological engineering. |
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