Aquatic ecology is defined as the study of the biodiversity, quality, and quantity of freshwaters, which are being adversely affected by human activities such as groundwater pollution. Efforts to mitigate pollution and improve aquatic ecosystems are ongoing through education and precautionary measures wor...
Ecotourism is a combination of ecology (the study of systems of living things) and tourism. It is defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that preserves the environment and improves the welfare of the local people” by the International Ecotourism Society. Actually, ecotourism can mean tr...
Finally, lyrebirds may mimic typical participants of a terrestrial mobbing chorus to create a mobbing chorus that is particularly informative to ground-dwelling species such as lyrebirds (vi). If so, then the species mimicked by lyrebirds should be similar to the suite of species that mob ...
plant diseases (e.g., sudden oak death and Jarrah dieback, rootrot in trees in Australia) as well as animal diseases (e.g., brucellosis, rinderpest, chytridiomycosis). One hypothesis that is actively being studied is the dilution effect, which posits that disease risk will decrease as the...
Males and females often have divergent evolutionary interests, generating sexual conflicts. This is particularly true in organisms that exhibit facultative
Humanitydoesn'tjustevolvebiologically,asotherspeciesdo,butalsodevelopsitselfthroughhistory.Thehistoryofecologyisgenerallyspokenofasanewscience,havingonlybecomeprominentinthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury.Knowledgeofhomosapiens'sbiologicalcharacteristicsdoesn'thelpustounderstandanyparticularproblemintherelationshipbetweenhumanity...
The potential influence of these different climatic components on body proportions have not been widely investigated [9 is a notable exception], and temperature often assumed to be the main driver of ecogeographic patterns, with latitude frequently used as an imperfect proxy in analyses [e.g.,4,...
A key concept in landscape ecology is the patch, which is defined as a homogenous area distinct from its surrounding in nature or appearance (Kim et al., 2014). From: Comprehensive Remote Sensing, 2018 About this pageSet alert Also in subject areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences Biochemi...
plant and soil water potentials. This treatment allows the plant water status to reach equilibrium with the soil water status such that the difference between the soil water potential and the stem/leaf water potential is as close as possible to zero. The following morning (7:00–8:00 a.m....
In an era of increasingly multidisciplinary science, it is essential to identify the frontiers as well as the core of an inherently holistic discipline: ec