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	Ecology - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how these properties are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment.
		Ecology is usually considered a branch of biology, the general science that studies living beings.
		the behavioral relationship between individuals of a species is behavorial ecology — for example, the study of the queen bee, and how she relates to the worker bees and the drones.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/e/c/o/Ecology.html (3411 words)

	Medical Ecology @ www.MedicalEcology.org
		Medical Ecology is an emerging science that defines those aspects of the environment that have a direct bearing on human health.
		The term Medical Ecology was first coined by the eminent microbiologist, Rene Dubos, who intended it to embrace the concept that natural systems, if explored fully, would provide for many of our needs, as for example, quinine did regarding the treatment of malaria.
		Medical Ecology links natural processes with living on earth, from the point of view of being human.
	www.medicalecology.org (301 words)

	Ecology - Internet-Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, their habitats, and the interactions between them and their environment — which includes both abiotic (non-living) elements like climate and geology, and biotic ones like other species.
		Human ecology is a related but distinct academic discipline which studies humankind, the organized activity of this species, and its environment; it overlaps biological ecology, sociology, and other disciplines.
		Ecology is usually considered a branch of biology, the general science that studies living beings.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/e/ec/ecology.html (4534 words)

	Gale Schools - Environment - Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ecology can be defined as the study of the relationships of organisms with their living and nonliving environment.
		Ecology can also be considered to be the study of the factors that influence the distribution and abundance of organisms.
		The larger objective of ecology is to understand the nature of environmental influences on individual organisms, their populations, and communities, on ecoscapes and ultimately at the level of the biosphere.
	www.galeschools.com /environment/ecology.htm (1345 words)

	Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance living organisms their habitats and the interactions between them and environment — which includes both abiotic (non-living) elements like climate and geology and biotic ones like other species.
		The most significant relation the relation of predation (to eat or to be eaten) leads to the essential concepts in ecology food chains (for example the grass is consumed the herbivore itself consumed by a carnivore consumed by a carnivore of larger size).
		Indeeed since the 19th century ecology has obviously relevant to social and philosophical movements related to protection of the natural environment such as conservationism and environmentalism.
	www.freeglossary.com /Ecology (4361 words)

	Ecology
		Ecology is a branch of biological sciences dealing with the interactions between organisms and their environment (chemical and physical factors).
		Ecology makes use of Physics because all biotic processes has to do with the transference of energy, as from producers, which take advantage of light energy for producing complex organic compounds, to bacteria, which obtain chemical energy by the disintegration of the molecular structures of other organisms.
		Mathematics is crucial for Ecology, for example for the calculus, statistics, projections and extrapolations when Ecologists deal with specific information about the number and distribution of species, the evaluation of biomass, population growth, extension of communities and biodiversity, and to quantify the environmental pressures at a given biome.
	www.biocab.org /Ecology_1.html (3358 words)

	Ecology
		Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how these properties are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment.
		In ecology, an ecosystem is a combination of all the living and non-living elements of an area.
		Ecology is generally spoken of as a new science, having only become prominent in the second half of the 20th Century.
	www.crystalinks.com /ecologydefinition.html (2528 words)

	Ecology - Gurupedia
		Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, their
		cellular biology), organisms (in botanics, zoology, and other similar disciplines), and finally at the level of populations, communities, and ecosystems —; which are the subjects of ecology.
		The Origin of Species: Ecology passed from a repetitive, mechanical model to a biological, organic, and hence evolutionary model.
	www.gurupedia.com /e/ec/ecology.htm (4243 words)

	Conservation Ecology: Conceptual models as tools for communication across disciplines
		Third, researchers who have not yet defined themselves academically may be in an advantageous position to engage in interdisciplinary endeavors, because they tend to be more open to ideas that do not fit the dogma of their individual fields.
		However, asking an expert in ecology to routinely collect data on attitudes is probably an ineffective use of human resources.
		We also believe that the ability to work with people from other disciplines is a crucial skill for young scientists who are striving to improve the health of social-ecological systems for future generations.
	www.ecologyandsociety.org /vol7/iss3/art8/main.html (3548 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Science : Biology : Ecology
		Thus, ecology is said to be a holistic science, one that over-arches older disciplines such as biology which in this view become sub-disciplines contributing to ecological knowledge.
		Physiological Ecology (or ecophysiology), which studies the influence of the biotic and abiotic environment on the physiology of the individual, and the adaptation of the individual to its environment;
		Behavioral ecology, which studies the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, and the roles of behavior in enabling animals to adapt to their ecological niches;
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Science-Biology/Ecology.shtml (3582 words)

	Ecology - The subject matter of ecology, Energy and productivity
		Ecology is the study of the relationships of organisms with their living and nonliving environment.
		Examples of common themes of ecological research include: (1) how organisms adapt to their environment, (2) how the numbers and distribution patterns of organisms in an area are influenced by environmental factors, and (3) changes in the number of organisms in a area over time and how the environment influenced these changes.
		The ultimate goal of ecology is to understand the nature of environmental influences on individual organisms, their populations and communities, on landscapes and, ultimately, the biosphere (all life on Earth).
	www.scienceclarified.com /Di-El/Ecology.html (730 words)

	Ecology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
		Classical population ecology was restricted to the study of state-based models primarily because of the requirement that models be tractable, so as to permit predictions and explanations.
		In the type of population ecology that was discussed earlier (in Section 2), populations were characterized by their state variables, parameters such as size or density describing the population as a whole and—with two exceptions—ignoring individual differences.
		However, the inability to draw general philosophical conclusions about ecology is at least as much due to the relative lack of philosophical scrutiny of ecology as it is due to the nature of the subject.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/ecology (10902 words)

	Open Directory - Science:Biology:Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ecology is a branch of science dealing with the interrelationships of organisms with one another and with their nonliving environment.
		There is a tendency to apply the term "environmental toxicology" only to the study of direct effects of environmental chemicals on human beings and the term "ecotoxicology" only to the study of the effects of chemicals on ecosystems and their nonhuman components.
		Landscape ecology is the study of interacting ecosystems within a heterogeneous, or varied, environment with a spatial scale of several kilometers.
	dmoz.org /Science/Biology/Ecology/desc.html (599 words)

	Chapter 3 - Methodology: An outline for the integrated planning of river basins
		Terrestrial ecology is the study of the interrelations between land-based flora and fauna and the physical environment.
		An important result of this activity is that, apart from facilitating and improving enormously the communication between disciplines, it is an excellent tool for detecting important omissions, such as the absence of a critical subject area or the unavailability of information.
		Once an effective interface is achieved among the disciplines, a detailed definition of each cell of the matrix, based on the required inputs, should be made to provide the total information needed by the study.
	www.oas.org /dsd/publications/Unit/oea71e/ch04.htm (1695 words)

	What is Restoration Ecology? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Compared to ecological restoration, restoration ecology is relatively easy to define.
		restoration ecology - The study of the structure and regeneration of plant and animal communities, aimed at the enlargement of restitution of threatened ecosystems.
		Thus a central characteristic of restoration ecology is that it is synthetic in nature.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~tiesto/restore/rest_what.html (582 words)

	Index: Acoustic Ecology (Disciplines of Study [DoS])
		Ecology is the study of the relationship between individuals and communities and their environment.
		Acoustic or soundscape ecology is thus the study of the effects of the acoustic environment, or soundscape, on the physical responses or behavioural characteristics of those living within it.
		Its particular aim is to draw attention to imbalances which may have unhealthy or inimical effects.
	www.ears.dmu.ac.uk /rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=12 (69 words)

	Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences - Umeå University
		The Department of Ecology and Environmental Science offers seven different study programmes and a wide range of independent courses for approx 800 full-time students.
		The Department of Ecology and Environmental Science pursues a broad range of exciting research projects.
		These can coarsely be classified into the broad disciplines of ecology, environmental change, physical geography and taxonomy.
	www.emg.umu.se /index_eng.html (99 words)

	JIE LTE re: Industrial Ecology as a Cultural Phenomenon
		This is an extraordinarily complex area of study, requiring as it does contributions from not just engineering and the physical sciences, but also from the social sciences, especially at this nascent state of the art, and I am pleased they have raised their objections forcefully and directly.
		The second is the level of industrial ecology taken as an object of study itself--industrial ecology, for example, viewed as a case study from the perspective of the sociology of science.
		Given the difficult and complex multidisciplinary issues raised by industrial ecology in any event, and the difficulties posed by disciplinary language and cultural barriers, open and substantive discussion, and the avoidance of ad hominem attack, is highly desirable.
	www.yale.edu /jie/s00f3a.htm (1109 words)

	Department of Ecology
		Members of the faculty are involved in research spanning a broad range of disciplines, including vegetation ecology; terrestrial and aquatic ecology; population biology; fish and wildlife management; animal behavior; evolution; community ecology; statistical ecology; and landscape ecology.
		The Ecology Department has one of the highest enrollments of undergraduates and the highest graduate student enrollment/FTE of any department in the College of Letters and Science, with approximately 260 undergraduate majors in four options, and 70 graduate students (currently 44 M.S., 26 Ph.D.).
		The Ecology Department provides undergraduate and graduate education and research that advance our understanding of the interactions between living organisms and their environments.
	www.montana.edu /ecology (598 words)

	Ecology (disciplines) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ecology is a broad biological science and can thus be divided into many sub-disciplines using various criteria.
		Behavioral ecology, which studies the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, focusing largely at the level of the individual;
		Population ecology (or autecology), which deals with the dynamics of populations within species, and the interactions of these populations with environmental factors;
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ecology_(disciplines) (469 words)

	::Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
		Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment publishes timely, interesting, and informative articles on all aspects of ecology and related disciplines.
		Ecology of birds at the turn of the millennium.
		A lively correspondence section is an important part of any journal, and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment very much welcomes contributions from its readers, whether in the form of comments on the content of earlier issues, or letters on any topic of interest or concern in ecology or environmental science.
	www.frontiersinecology.org /instructions.php (6176 words)

	What is Population Ecology? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Population ecology is the branch of ecology that studies the structure and dynamics of populations.
		Evolutionary ecology is one of the major topics in population biology.
		Main axiom of population ecology: organisms in a population are ecologically equivalent.
	www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu /~sharov/PopEcol/lec1/whatis.html (469 words)

	Palaeos Ecology : Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is not intended to cover the much broader implications of the science of ecology as a whole.
		Ecology is a multidisciplinary study, incorporating all the biological disciplines: botany, zoology, microbiology, marine biology, physiology, genetics, morphology, etc, and even non-biological fields like meteorology, geology, chemistry, and physics
		The ecosystem is the largest unit in the study of ecology.
	www.palaeos.com /Ecology/default.htm (703 words)

	Ecology Wikipedia, Flickr, Delicious Bash at Bashr.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		(logos, "study"); therefore "ecology" means the "study of the household [of nature]".
		* The behavioral relationship between individuals of a species is behavorial ecology andmdash; for example, the study of the queen bee, and how she relates to the worker bees and the drones.
		* The relationship between the environment and a species is environmental ecology andmdash; for example, the consequences of environmental change on bee activity.
	www.bashr.com /en_bio_pics/Ecology (3772 words)

	Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Physiological Ecology is concerned with the function and performance of organisms in their environment.
		A second objective is to provide graduate students with a synthetic view that attempts to explain the distribution and success of organisms measured in terms of the factors promoting long-term survival and reproduction in the environment.
		Over the past few decades, physiological ecology has emerged as a distinct and critical field combining the disciplines of ecology and physiology.
	ecology.psu.edu /degree/ecophys.htm (587 words)

	The Bedford Research Room: Ecology & Environmental Science
		Provides an annotated list of the most popular ecology sites as well as an index consisting of a wide variety of related topics to browse.
		Citations pertain specifically to technological and engineering aspects of ecology and the environment.
		8,000+ entries on terms and topics in ecology, environmental science, and related disciplines.
	www.bedfordstmartins.com /researchroom/links/Ecology.asp (630 words)

	ECOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California at Irvine
		Biodiversity, Ecology, and the Environment is part of Harvard Biolabs' biosciences department in the WWW Virtual Library.
		The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut Web site is primarily devoted to the study of plants, with special emphasis on the Department's greenhouse.
	ces.iisc.ernet.in /hpg/cesmg/ecology.html (2182 words)

	UC Davis Ecology - Ecology Home
		The GGE’s Area of Emphasis in Human Ecology (HE-AOE) examines human populations and behavior using concepts, theory and methods drawn both from the natural and the social sciences.
		Our faculty is trained in a diverse set of disciplines: ecology, evolution, anthropology, demography, economics, political science, human development, and sociology, and our graduate group curriculum mirrors this orientation (See "What is a graduate group?" for more information).
		Human Behavior Ecology is an exciting and expanding subfield of anthropology that examines foraging, food production, cooperation, reproduction, and family and social organization from the perspective of neo-Darwinian theory.
	ecology.ucdavis.edu /AOE/humeco/humeco_home.htm (734 words)

	College of Applied and Natural Sciences :: Welcome!
		Human Ecology encompasses a variety of disciplines that utilize an integrative, synergistic, holistic approach to address basic human needs and societal issues that impact the well-being of individuals, families, consumers and communities.
		The mission of the School of Human Ecology is to improve the quality of life for individuals and families through education and applied research which emphasizes family systems and consumer sciences.
		The School of Human Ecology is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
	ans.latech.edu /humaneco-index.html (230 words)

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