Ecology

And like any passion, it is seen as the ultimate achievement to make it into your career. Well, I couldn't decide if I wanted to be a medical practitioner or an ecologist. My calling for medicine beckoned me to learn how the body functions and is built, while my calling for ecology directs me towards striving to protect what is remaining on this planet to ensure it is kept clean, healthy, and beautiful. Luckily, I discovered that the answer to this confliction would reveal itself during my freshman year of college while talking with my biology professor. During this conversation, she informed me that the STEM community not only needs expert scientist in particular fields as well as those who are fluent in multiple disciplines to provide the needed diversity of knowledge. It was then I realized that the merging of these two passions into the career I desired feasible. However, at the moment, I may not know exactly what to call my future career, but I do know I can use it to better the world and its…

What is ecology? Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is a part of ecology called an ecosystem. If one thing changed in the ecosystem it will change the whole thing, because in an ecosystem you have to way in things like transfer of energy or whether it is too hot or too cold for the living organism. Ecology is basically a study…

Basic Ecology Lab Report Part 1: Primary Article (w/summary), and Hypothesis Summary of Primary Article Should include their hypothesis, what they did, what they found, and why we care. Include a mini citation of the article used. State your hypothesis for our Ecology Lab where we will be surveying the lakes on campus My Hypothesis: If we survey the species in upper and lower pond, then there will not be a significant difference in species composition between the upper and lower ponds due to…

Transportation and Change: The impact from the artificial landscapes of waterway transportation system on the hydrology and economy of the surrounding region. I. Introduction A. To estimate if it is worth changing the landscape to enhance the transportation system, it is critical to give comprehensive evaluations to current cases. B. Dr. McQueary (2006) states in the article “Landscape ecology in transportation planning” that while development of transportation systems benefits humans…

Introduction According to Charles J. Krebs ecology is the “scientific study of the interaction between organisms and their environment that determine their distribution and abundance” (Krebs 1978). The environment is made up of different components that are classified as abiotic and biotic. Abiotic deals with nonliving and physical elements like rain, wind, soil or pollutions. Biotic are living components that include predation, parasites, and competition. Competition is an interaction between…

Ecology Essay : Komodo Dragons By: Arianna Badillo 6th pd Did you know we have similar organisms to dinosaurs still living on Earth? The most closest thing we have to dinosaurs are these magnificent animals called Komodo dragons. In my essay I will tell you about the ecosystem of the Komodo Dragon. What kind of Food they eat and what eats them. Also about their habitat and other animals around them. To start with , a Komodo Dragon is the strongest animal in its own…

Ecology or Ecological thinking underlines the interrelationship of the human and natural environments. It has recently been applied to ethical concerns over the human use of resources, and the disposal of by-products and wastes.42 On the other side traditional economic theory assumes no scale limits to the economy. The environment is considered to be part of the larger economic system. Environmental and resource economics are subsets of economics. Agriculture, forests, fisheries, and ecosystem…

First, I want to say that this class was my most interesting class of this semester. I learned so much information this semester and I wouldn’t doubt it if our class knew enough to write a book together about conservation biology. Three ecological concepts I learned about are the importance of preventing deforestation, reducing, reusing, and recycling, and the significance of every link in the food chain. I learned that deforestation personnel cut down trees and clean out a forest fire for…

For this assignment on political ecology methods, the article that will be reviewed is the Difference and Conflict in the Struggle over Natural Resources: A Political Ecology Framework by Arturo Escobar (2006). Escobar provides a discussion on the political ecology of natural resources in three interrelated rubrics. These interrelated rubrics are economics, ecology, and culture. The discussion will assess how Escobar bridges the two sciences in his article and how well researchers have bridged…

His book ‘’ Ecology without Nature’’ is very interesting and enjoyable because, in it , he used occasionally irreverent style and embrace of kitsch which lends charm to his book but there is also technical terminology which is not easy to understand as a result of its slow down the readers . However, this slowing down is not accidental, rather it is exactly what Morton recommends for Ecocritics . In his book, Timothy Morton follows the dark ecology which is ‘’ We are in the sh**, we…