BIOLOGY 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Ernst Haeckel, Ecological Niche, Telemetry
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Natural history and the scope of ecological science. Social life: to flock or not to flock. Many of darwin"s contemporaries were doing this. Biophilia an affinity for the natural world. A place where a bunch of organisms interact lots of interaction tangle web of interaction primary interest of ecologists. Haeckel coined new word oikos (home)+ logos (to study) = ecology (the study of the house an environment/community) Grinnell has an encompassing concept to talk about natural history/life history of. Joseph grinnell first director of museum of zoology an organism writes paper about bird formalized the concept of niche. In ecology, it"s a complex of activities and responses that create the natural history of that organism. Charles elton is one of the first formal animal ecologists. One of the first one"s to make flow charts food webs and food chains. 1935 tansley coins the word ecosystem . Made ecology more chemical and physical in orientation.
