Ecology

Ecology (from Greek oikos, "house(hold)"; and -logia) is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their natural environment. The environment of an organism includes physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors such as insolation (sunlight), climate, geology, and biotic ecosystem, which includes other organisms that share its habitat.

The word "ecology" is often used more loosely in such terms as social ecology and deep ecology and in common parlance as a synonym for the natural environment or environmentalism. Likewise "ecologic" or "ecological" is often taken in the sense of environmentally friendly.

The term ecology or oekologie was coined by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866, when he defined it as "the comprehensive science of the relationship of the organism to the environment." Haeckel did not elaborate on the concept, and the first significant textbook on the subject (together with the first university course) was written by the Danish botanist, Eugenius Warming. For this early work, Warming is often identified as the founder of ecology.

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Animals in Winter
by Henrietta Bancroft
Revised from HarperCollins
for Preschool-3rd Grade
in Zoology (Location: SCI-ZOOL)
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Bag in the Wind
by Ted Kooser, illustrated by Barry Root
from Candlewick Press
for 1st-3rd grade
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By Pond and River
Eyes and No Eyes #2
by Arabella B. Buckley
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California Plant & Animal Communities
by Barbara J. Collins
from California State Department of Education
for 2nd-4th grade
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Classical Acts and Facts Science Cards: Ecology, Astronomy & Physics (old)
from Classical Conversations
for Kindergarten-8th grade
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Emperor Penguins
by Roberta Edwards
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Fast Forward: Rain Forest
by Kathryn Senior; illustrated by Carolyn Scrace
from Salariya Book Company
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Finding Out About Deserts
Usborne Explainers
by Angela Wilkes
2nd edition from Usborne
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Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by Arthur Dorros
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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Forever Forest
by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini, Rachel Crandell
from Dawn Publications
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Little Turtle and the Song of the Sea
by Sheridan Cain, illustrated by Norma Burgin
from Crocodile Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
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Living Pond
by Nathalie Tordjam, translated by Vicki Bogard, illustrated by Laura Bour
from Young Discovery Library
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Living World: Grasslands
by Clive Catchpole, Illustrated by Peter Snowball
from Dial Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
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Mists of Eden
by Erica Sherman
from Landmark Editions
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Oil Spill!
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by written by Melvin Berger; illustrated by Paul Mirocha
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in Environment & Conservation (Location: SCI-ENV)
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One Small Square: Backyard
One Small Square
by Donald Silver, Patricia Wynne
1st edition from McGraw-Hill
for 1st-3rd grade
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Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America
by Jackie Leatherbury Douglass
2nd edition from Houghton Mifflin
for 1st-4th grade
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River Ran Wild
by Lynne Cherry
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Seashore
by Sue Unstead
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Shine-A-Light: Secrets of the Seashore
Shine-A-Light
by Carron Brown & Alyssa Nassner
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Spotlight: Jungle Explorer
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Toad Overload
by Patricia Seibert, illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis
from Millbrook Press
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Tree Life
by Theresa Greenaway
First American Edition from DK Children
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True Book: Tropical Rain Forests
by Darlene R. Stille
from Children's Press
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Usborne Book of Wild Places
by Angela Wilkes
Revised from Usborne
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Walk on the Wild Side
by Connie and Peter Roop, illustrated by Anne Canevari Green
from Millbrook Press
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Welcome to the Green House
by Jane Yolen
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Welcome to the Ice House
by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan
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Wild America Habitats: Deserts
by Melissa Cole
from Blackbirch Press
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$2.00 (1 in stock)
Wild Folk in the Mountains
by Carroll Lane Fenton
from The John Day Company
for Preschool-6th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$18.00 (1 in stock)