Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and interactions between living things and between living things and the physical environment. The term was coined in 1866 by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel from the Greek oikos meaning "house" and logos meaning "science."

Note that this category does not cover environmentalism or economics or ethics topics. It covers just the science of ecology.

Subcategories

There are 22 subcategories to this category.

Aquatic biomes Atmosphere B Biomes Ecology books E Ecologists Ecoregions Ecozones

E cont. Environment F Fisheries science Forestry H Ecology of Hong Kong I Invasive species N Natural history by country Natural resources Nature reserves

N cont. Nitrogen metabolism P Parasitology R Renewable energy S Soil science Symbiosis T Terrestrial biomes Tree of life

Articles in category "Ecology"

There are 161 articles in this category.

Ecology A Acid mine drainage Adaptive management Aeroplankton Agroecology Agroforestry Amensalism Ape extinction Aphotic zone Applied ecology Autecology Autotroph B BIOS-3 Behavioral ecology BioBlitz BioHome Biochemical oxygen demand Biocoenosis Biocomplexity Biodegradability Prediction Biodegradation Biodiversity Biogeography Biological dispersal Biological interaction Biomass Biome Biosphere Biota (ecology) Biotope Bosque Bush regeneration C CELSS List of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada Carbon cycle Carrying capacity Chaparral Chemical oxygen demand List of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in China Climate Climate change Climax community Coalition to Save Preserves Coarse woody debris Coextinction Colony (biology) Competition Competitive exclusion principle D Daisyworld Dead zone Desert E Earth immune system Ecocide

E cont. Ecological crisis Ecological economics Ecological funeral Ecological genetics Ecological land classification Ecological niche Ecological selection Ecological succession Ecology (disciplines) Ecophagy Ecoregion Ecosphere (ecology) Ecosystem Ecosystem ecology Ecotope Ecozone Edge effect Effective population size Endemic (ecology) Energy flow Entropy (ecology) Environmental sociology Eutrophication Evapotranspiration Evolutionary ecology Extinction F Food chain Food-mass feeder Forestry Foster's rule Founder population Freshwater ecoregion G Gaia theory (science) Geophysiology Green anarchism H Habitat (ecology) Habitat fragmentation Heterotroph History of ecology Ecology of Hong Kong Human ecology Hydrosphere I IUCN Red List Information ecology Introduced species Invasive Plants Island biogeography K K-selected L Landscape ecology Liebig's Law of the Minimum Living wall Lotka-Volterra equation Lotka-Volterra inter-specific competition equations M Macroecology

M cont. Mantel test Maquis (biota) Metabolic theory of ecology Metapopulation Microclimate Mimic Minimum Viable Population Mutualism N Natural resource Niche construction Nitrogen cycle Nutrient P Paleoecology Parasite Parasitism Parasitoid Particle (ecology) Phagy Photic zone Pioneer species Pollination Pollinator decline Polyculture Population Population dynamics Population ecology Population size Population viability analysis Primary nutritional groups Primary producer Protocooperation R R-selected Realized Niche Width Reedbeds Riparian forest S Salinity Scientific opinion on climate change Sclerophyll Soil Soil life Speciation Subarctic climate Symbiosis Synecology T Terrestrial ecoregion Theoretical ecology Trophic level U Understory Unified neutral theory of biodiversity Urban ecology V Vivarium W Weedy species Whale fall Wildlife