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Ecology: the biology of interaction. 1.09. Stability of biosystems
A characteristic feature of regulation by the principle of negative feedback is that it leads to oscillations of the regulated variable. If an impact drives the biosystem beyond the limits of its regulation by negative feedbacks, it will transition to a different state. Positive feedbacks will...
Ecology: The Biology of Interactions. 1.07. Regulation of Biosystems
A direct link is the effect of some factor on the system under study, its control (example: turning the wheel, the driver changes the car's direction of movement). Feedback is the dependence of the controlling effect on the state of the system itself (example: a change in the car's movement …
Ecology: the Biology of Interactions. 1.06. Approaches to the Study of Biosystems
Biology can be divided into parts in three relatively independent dimensions: on the one hand by object of study (zoology, botany, microbiology, etc.); on the other by method (molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, etc.); and, thirdly, by the approach that determines the problems considered...
Ecology: the Biology of Interactions. 1.05. Levels of Organization of Biosystems
Biological systems are organized hierarchically, and at each level regulation is carried out using similar principles. The systems approach that gained development at the end of the twentieth century, going back in its development to Ludwig von Bertalanffy, is connected with the fact that systems composed of similarly interconnected...
Planetary Coffee. Column in Computerra Online #18
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Ecology: the biology of interaction. 1.04. History of ecology
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Ecology: The Biology of Interactions. 1.03. The Structure of Ecology
In this course, ecology is divided into general and special ecology, and within general ecology, branches corresponding to different levels of organization of biosystems are distinguished.
Ecology: The Biology of Interactions. 1.02. The Significance of Ecological Knowledge
During the lifetimes of the readers of this manual, unheard-of changes will occur in the history of humankind. The growth of the human population will stop. The character of humankind’s relations with the environment will change. Dependence on nonrenewable and sharply limited resources will become less acute. Humanity will learn...
Ecology: The Biology of Interactions. 1.01. What Is “Ecology”?
Before beginning the study of the course of general ecology, one should discuss the very meaning of the concept of “ecology.” Surprisingly enough, in Ukraine and, more broadly, in the post-Soviet space, there is no single opinion concerning the meaning of this term. To answer this question, one must turn …
Ecology: The Biology of Interactions. 0. Title Page and Preface
With this page, the authors begin work on creating the second edition of their ecology textbook. The work is organized as follows: the text corresponding to the first edition, which was titled “Materials for Studying the Course of General Ecology with the Foundations of Environmental Studies and Human Ecology,” has …
Coffee and Chthonic Forces. Column in KompyuterraOnline #17
What forces return the elements necessary for organisms back into the biological cycle? The ancient Greeks would have called them chthonic – connected to the primordial energy of the Earth.
Zoology-2011. Field practice: summarizing the results
Results of the former second-year practice in vertebrate zoology at Haidary: assessments, topics of individual research works, prospects for publication.
What is reflected in a cup of coffee? Column in ComputerreOnline #16
Humanity, whose main source of energy is non‑renewable resources, is already in a transitional state because of this.
The energy of morning coffee. Column in ComputerreOnline #15
What features fundamentally differentiate the way of life of representatives of our animal species from the way of life of our relatives belonging to all other species?
Strategies that we are not aware of. Column in ComputerreOnline #14
When readers report that they have nothing resembling innate programs, as I describe, in their thoughts, this does not refute the ideas I present, but merely indicates that these readers have a healthy psyche.
Award for Beauty. Column in ComputerreOnline #13
"Who eats the girl, he also dances with her" – this wisdom summarizes experience that began accumulating even before the emergence of our species. Pair relationships develop from "resources for hope" to "resources for sex".
Zoology-2011. The Last Deadline for Clearing Debts That Still Falls Within the Examination Session
The last day on which clearing debts will still count within the examination session is Sunday the 26th. Therefore I am ready to accept outstanding work in vertebrate zoology and ecology on one of these days: Friday, June 24, at 11:30 at the Department of Vertebrate Zoology; Sunday, June 26, …