ecology
scientific study of the relationships between living organisms
soil ecology
study of the interactions among soil organisms, and between biotic and abiotic aspects of the soil environment
urban ecology
area of study in ecology
integral ecology
topics referred to by the same term
intertidal ecology
study of intertidal ecosystems, where organisms live between the low and high tide lines
theoretical ecology
scientific discipline devoted to the study of ecological systems using theoretical methods
paleoecology
study of ecological interactions across geologic timescales
cultural ecology
study of human adaptation to social and physical environments
industrial ecology
study of material and energy flows through industrial systems
arctic ecology
study of the relationships between biotic and abiotic factors in the arctic
desert ecology
ecology of deserts
phage ecology
study of the interaction of bacteriophages with their environments
bioecology
the ecology of organisms and their interactions with each other; the branch of science concerned with this
genetic ecology
study of genetic material in the environment
thermal ecology
study of the interactions between temperature and organisms
invasion ecology
branch of ecology
trophic ecology
scientific discipline that investigates the structure of feeding (trophic) relationships among organisms in an ecosystem
landscape ecology
science of relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems
environmentalism
broad philosophy, ideology and social movement concerning environmental wellbeing
island ecology
study of island organisms and their interactions with each other and the environment
polar ecology
relationship between plants and animals in a polar environment
road ecology
ecology of roadside habitats
plant ecology
subdiscipline of ecology, studies the abundance and distribution of plants
forest ecology
scientific study and subfield of ecology around forest ecosystems
Green urbanism
practice of creating communities beneficial to humans and the environment
sensory ecology
study of how organisms acquire, process, and respond to information from their environment
cognitive ecology
branch of ecology studying cognition in social and natural contexts
metabolic ecology
field of ecology aiming to understand constraints on metabolic organisation
disease ecology
sub-discipline of ecology
aquatic ecology
ecology of aquatic environments
chemical ecology
study of chemicals involved in the interactions of living organisms
wildlife biology
subfield of biology around the evolution of wildlife
restoration ecology
scientific study of renewing and restoring ecosystems
ecological engineering
uses ecology and engineering to predict, design, construct or restore, and manage ecosystems that integrate "human society with its natural environment for the benefit of both"
acoustic ecology
studies the relationship, mediated through sound, between human beings and their environment
soundscape ecology
study of sound within a landscape or seascape and its effect on organisms
animal-plant interactions
interactions between plants and animals
ecological genetics
study of genetics in natural populations
evolutionary ecology
study of how interactions among species and between species and their environment affect species through selection and adaptation
molecular ecology
field of evolutionary biology that applies molecular population genetics, molecular phylogenetics, genomics to ecological questions
bioclimatology
branch of climatology that deals with the effects of the physical environment on living organisms over an extended period of time
ecosystem ecology
study of living and non-living components of ecosystems and their interactions
spatial ecology
study of the distribution or space occupied by species
synecology
study of biological communities