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.
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1.02. The Importance of Ecological Knowledge
D. Shabanov, M. Kravchenko. Ecology: Biology of Interaction Chapter 1. Ecology and the Biosystems it Studies
1.04. History of Ecology
1.03. Structure of Ecology. In this course, ecology is divided into general and partial ecology, and within general ecology, branches corresponding to different levels of biological system organization are identified. In general, the structure of ecology is treated as follows: General Ecology: — Autecology (= physiological ecology, = factorial ecology) — ecology of organisms; — Synecology — ecology of supra-organismal systems: — Population ecology (= demecology); — Community ecology (= biocenology); — Biogeocenology (= ecosystem ecology, ecosystemology); — Biospherology (= global ecology). Partial Ecology: — Ecology of individual taxa, life forms, ecological groups of organisms; — Applied ecological disciplines related to specific areas of practice. This division, of course, is not the only possible one. Different schools and textbooks describe the structure of ecology differently. However, for the purposes of this course, it is important to emphasize the main point: ecology unites research on interactions at different levels of life organization, and this is precisely what makes it a holistic science, not a mechanical set of topics. The structure of ecology reflects the structure of the biosystems it studies. Therefore, the next step is to discuss the levels of biosystem organization and the methods for their identification.
1.02. The Importance of Ecological Knowledge
D. Shabanov, M. Kravchenko. Ecology: Biology of Interactions. Section 1. Ecology and the Biosystems it Studies
1.04. History of Ecology