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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America's Deserts
by Marianne D. Wallace
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Bringing Back the Wolves
by Jude Isabella; illustrated by Kim Smith
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Careless Animal
by Ada & Frank Graham Jr.
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Classical Acts and Facts Science Cards: Ecology, Astronomy & Physics (old)
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Coral Reefs
by Laurence Pringle
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Deepest Lake
by Kris Hirschmann
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DK Eyewitness Books
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Elementary Science: Soil, Sea, & Sky - Curriculum Pack
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Exploring the World Around You
by Gary Parker
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Fantastic Flying Journey
by Gerald Durrell, illustrated by Graham Percy
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Forests
Our Planet
by David Lambert
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God's Design for Chemistry & Ecology - Student Book
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
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Great Animal Search
by Caroline Young
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Life in the Deserts
by Lucy Baker
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Life in the Polar Lands
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Our Historic Desert
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Properties of Ecosystems
God's Design for Chemistry & Ecology
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God's Design for Chemistry & Ecology
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Salamander Rain
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Walk in the Boreal Forest
by Rebecca L. Johnson
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Walk in the Deciduous Forest
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Walk in the Desert
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Walk in the Prairie
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Walk in the Tundra
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Who Lives in a Field
by Duryea Morton; illustrated by Douglas Howland
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Wild Folk in the Desert
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Wild Folk in the Mountains
by Carroll Lane Fenton
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