Ecology (collection)

Pollination of Alpine Blue-sow-thistle, Cicerbita alpina.

Published: March 29, 2010, 7:26 pm

Updated: June 13, 2012, 5:47 pm

Topics:

Biogeography (main) Predator and Prey (main) Biodiversity (main) Ecology (main) Biomes (main) Ecology Theory (main)

The Ecology Collection is a compilation of the core articles pertaining to ecology, the science of interactions among living organisms and their natural environment. It is a dynamic, rapidly advancing field of fundamental importance to human society’s intimate interaction with the natural world. Understanding the scientific foundations of ecology is accordingly critical to an informed citizenry at all levels, beginning with early childhood education. This collection is designed as a resource for students, teachers, and the general public. Articles can be accessed and used individually or in combination as the basis of a course on fundamental principles of ecological science. All contributions were written by credentialed ecologists or other environmental professionals. Authors are welcome to expand on or edit the contents list; please contact C.Michael Hogan or Mark McGinley with suggestions. If you are interested in writing an article for this collection, please consult the How to Contribute page for more information on getting involved.

• Introduction
  • Ecology definition (Ecology (collection))
  • Evolutionary context (Ecology (collection))
    • Fitness
    • Natural selection (Ecology (collection))
    • Adaptation
    • Edenic Period (Ecology (collection))
    • Causes of extinction (Ecology (collection))
    • Extinction and population viability analysis (Ecology (collection))
  • Ecology research approaches
    • Natural history
    • Ecological model (Ecology (collection))
    • Ecological experiments
• Physical environment
  • Natural environment (Ecology (collection))
  • Climate (Ecology (collection))
    • Precipitation (Ecology (collection))
    • Temperature (Ecology (collection))
  • Sunlight
  • Atmosphere
  • Ocean circulation
  • Water (Water resources)
    • Physical properties of water (Ecology (collection))
    • Hydrologic cycle (Ecology (collection))
    • Seawater (Ecology (collection))
  • Spatial variation in the environment
  • Habitat
    • Habitat selection (Ecology (collection))
    • Habitat fragmentation (Ecology (collection))
    • Habitat destruction (Ecology (collection))
  • Heterogeneity
  • Space and scale
  • Disturbance (Natural disturbance regime)
• Individual organisms
  • Taxonomy (Ecology (collection))
  • Species (Ecology (collection))
  • Niche
    • Fundamental niche
    • Realized niche
  • Behavior
  • Regulation and homeostasis
    • Acclimation
    • Ectothermy and endothermy
  • Life history
    • Growth
    • Reproduction
  • Metabolism
    • Autotrophy
    • Heterotrophy
    • Stoichiometry and nutrition
    • Respiration (Ecology (collection))
  • Resource specialization
• Populations
  • Population: definition (Ecology (collection))
  • Population ecology (Ecology (collection))
  • Intraspecific competition (Ecology (collection))
  • Population growth rate (Ecology (collection))
  • Population regulation, and dynamics
    • Age structure
    • Vital rates (natality, recruitment, fecundity, mortality)
    • Intrinsic rate of natural increase
    • Carrying capacity (Ecology (collection))
    • Density-dependent population growth
  • Models of population growth
    • Deterministic model
      • Exponential growth (Ecology (collection))
      • Logistic growth (Ecology (collection))
    • Stochastic model
  • Population fluctuations
  • Human population explosion
  • Dispersal and migration
  • Metapopulation (Ecology (collection))
• Communities
  • Community: definitions
  • Community ecology (Ecology (collection))
  • Landscape ecology (Ecology (collection)) (unpublished)
  • Natural community (Ecology (collection))
  • Competition (Ecology (collection))
    • Interspecific competition (Ecology (collection))
      • Exploitation competition
      • Interference competition
      • Competitive exclusion principle (Ecology (collection))
      • Resource partitioning
  • Consumer-prey interactions
    • Predation (Ecology (collection))
      • Functional response
      • Numerical response
      • Predator-prey cycle (Ecology (collection))
    • Symbiosis
    • Herbivory
    • Omnivory
    • Apparent competition
    • Commensalism
    • Mutualism
    • Defenses
  • Parasitism and disease
  • Interaction strength
    • Keystone species (Ecology (collection))
    • Foundation species
  • Dominance
  • Indirect effects
  • Plant succession
  • Climax community
  • Community assembly
  • Ecological pyramids
  • Trophic structure
    • Food webs (Ecology (collection))
    • Trophic level (Ecology (collection))
    • Trophic transfer
    • Trophic cascades
    • bottom:up control (Ecology (collection))
    • Top-down control (Ecology (collection))
  • Decomposition and detritus
  • Biodiversity
    • Endangered species (Ecology (collection))
    • Species diversity (Ecology (collection))
      • Species richness (Ecology (collection))
    • Functional diversity
    • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Neutral models and neutral theory
  • Biogeography
  • Island biogeography
  • Ecophylogenetics
  • Alien species
  • Exotic species
  • Invasive species
    • Marine invasive species (Ecology (collection))
    • aquatic invasive species (Ecology (collection))

• ** Ecosystems (Ecology (collection))
  • • Ecosystem: definition (Ecology (collection))
    • Biogeochemical cycles (Ecology (collection))
      • Water cycle (Ecology (collection))
      • Phosphorus cycle (Ecology (collection))
      • Nitrogen cycle (Ecology (collection))
      • Carbon cycle (Ecology (collection))
    • Nutrient cycle
    • Decomposition
    • Energy flow
      • Ecological energetics (Ecology (collection))
      • Primary productivity
      • Trophic level (Ecology (collection))
    • Alternate stable states/regime shifts
    • Resilience
    • Hysteresis
  • Landscapes
    • Ecotopes (Ecology (collection))
    • Ecotone (Ecology (collection))
    • Patch dynamics
    • Gradients
    • Edge effect
    • Corridors and connectivity (Ecology (collection))
    • Biological corridor (Ecology (collection))
    • Metapopulation (Ecology (collection))
    • Metacommunity (Ecology (collection))
    • Source/sink dynamics
  • The global ecosystem
    • Biosphere (Ecology (collection))
      • Major patterns in distribution of species diversity
    • Earth's energy balance
    • Global material cycles
    • The Gaia hypothesis
    • Global environmental change
    • Biomes
      • Terrestrial biome (Ecology (collection))
        • Tundra biome (Ecology (collection))
        • Taiga (Ecology (collection))
        • Forest biome (Ecology (collection))
        • Grassland biome (Ecology (collection))
        • Desert biome (Ecology (collection))
        • Polar desert (Ecology (collection))
      • Marine biomes
        • Seas of the world (Ecology (collection))
        • Coastal zone (Ecology (collection))
        • Coral reef (Ecology (collection))
        • Estuary (Ecology (collection))
          • Salt marsh (Ecology (collection))
          • Tidal marsh (Ecology (collection))
          • Seagrass meadows (Ecology (collection))
          • Mangrove swamp (Ecology (collection))
        • Polar seas
      • Freshwater biomes
        • Wetland (Ecology (collection))
        • Marsh (Ecology (collection))
        • Swamp (Ecology (collection))
        • Bog (Ecology (collection))
        • Fen (Ecology (collection))
        • Prairie pothole (Ecology (collection))
        • Riparian zone (Ecology (collection))
        • River (Ecology (collection))
        • Lake (Ecology (collection))
          • Chemical properties of lakes (Ecology (collection))
          • Playa lake
          • Hypersaline lake (Ecology (collection))
        • Spring
    • Anthropogenic biomes
      • Urbanization
      • Croplands (Ecology (collection))
      • Rangelands

Citation

Duffy, J. (2012). Ecology (collection). Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Ecology_Collection