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Ecology (from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) 'house', and -λογία (-logía) 'study of') is the study of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps with the closely related sciences of biogeography, evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, and natural history. Ecology is a branch of biology, and is the study of abundance, biomass, and distribution of organisms in the context of the environment. It encompasses life processes, interactions, and adaptations; movement of materials and energy through living communities; successional development of ecosystems; cooperation, competition, and predation within and between species; and patterns of biodiversity and its effect on ecosystem processes. Ecology has practical applications in conservation biology, wetland management, natural resource management (agroecology, agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, fisheries, mining, tourism), urban planning (urban ecology), community health, economics, basic and applied science, and human social interaction (human ecology). The word ecology (German: Ökologie) was coined in 1866 by the German scientist Ernst Haeckel. The science of ecology as we know it today began with a group of American botanists in the 1890s. Evolutionary concepts relating to adaptation and natural selection are cornerstones of modern ecological theory. Ecosystems are dynamically interacting systems of organisms, the communities they make up, and the non-living (abiotic) components of their environment. Ecosystem processes, such as primary production, nutrient cycling, and niche construction, regulate the flux of energy and matter through an environment. Ecosystems have biophysical feedback mechanisms that moderate processes acting on living (biotic) and abiotic components of the planet. Ecosystems sustain life-supporting functions and provide ecosystem services like biomass production (food, fuel, fiber, and medicine), the regulation of climate, global biogeochemical cycles, water filtration, soil formation, erosion control, flood protection, and many other natural features of scientific, historical, economic, or intrinsic value. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works about ecology 71
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Écologies déviantes : voyage en terres queers
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L'Oasis
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"Rinks und lechts kann man nicht velwechsern"?
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L’Écologique de l’Histoire
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Le guide d'un numérique plus responsable
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Le guide d'un numérique plus responsable
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Le Bug humain
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Methods in World History: A Critical Approach.
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Bernard Bertrand - Ruches de biodiversité - pour que l'abeille retrouve sa nature sauvage...
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Environmental Soil - Climate Change Impact: Case Study of Kebbi State Nigeria
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The Forest Unseen
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Metabolic Ecology
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The barefoot book of earth tales
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Atlas climatique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
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Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems
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Die kleine Luxemburger Schweiz : geheimnisvolle Felsenlandschaft im Wandel der Zeit
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Le sang du monde
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Zur Natur und Geschichte des Naturschutzgebietes Seeberg bei Gotha
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Maddat al-baqaʼ fī islah fasad al-hawaʼ wa-al-taharruz min darar al-awbaʼ
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The Earth Unchained
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Ökologisches Baustoff-Lexikon : Daten, Sachzusammenhänge, Regelwerke
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This Fissured Land
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Approaches to the study of the environmental implications of contemporary urbanization
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Ecotopia Emerging
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Nach dem Großen Glitch
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Theoretische Ökologie
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Theoretical ecology : principles and applications / Robert M. May
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Ecotopia
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Ecology and evolution of communities / ed. Martin L. Cody, Jared Diamond
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Ecology / Robert E. Ricklefs
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Communities and ecosystems / R. H. Whittaker
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Evolution in changing environments : some theoretical explorations / Richard Levins
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