ENVS200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indicator Species, Jack Pine, Colorado Potato Beetle
15 Jun 2015
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The scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and the interactions that determine distribution and abundance. Effectively, it combines all biology above the level of the individual organism. This course focuses on the population level and above, in the context of several different factors. Natural history has been studied as long as humans have existed. True scientific inquiry in ecology limited to past couple of centuries. Aristotle first person to start naming organisms in an ecological sese. True ecology limited to past couple centuries. Knowledge and applications dealing with food, fiber, wood and harvesting have existed as long as humanity. Research tends to proceed more slowly than in other fields because. No accelerating things in the world(trees take decades to grow) The benefits of ecological research sdo not always translate obviously or immediately into economic gain. Results of ecological research often impede immediate economic gain. Study of relationships of organisms and their environment.
