The Role of Ecology in Our Lives The many specialties within ecology, such as marine, vegetation, and statistical ecology, provide us with information to better understand the world around us. This ...

For example, inert nitrogen gas makes up 78% of Earth’s atmosphere, but nitrogen forms readily useable by organisms are typically much scarcer in terrestrial ecosystems (Chapin et al. 2002).

Phytoplankton—microscopic algae that form the base of ocean food webs—have long been viewed as transient players in the ...

United States Forest Service. Wildland fire in ecosystems. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-42, vols 1–6 (2006). Whelan, R. J. The Ecology of Fire. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Biodiversity is the variety of all living things on Earth, and how they fit together. It means having as wide a range of different species in an ecosystem as possible, bringing oxygen, water, food ...

Juha Siitonen, Forest Management, Coarse Woody Debris and Saproxylic Organisms: Fennoscandian Boreal Forests as an Example, Ecological Bulletins, No. 49, Ecology of Woody Debris in Boreal Forests ...

Biology is the study of living organisms and encompasses a number of different disciplines, from biochemistry to microbiology to ecology. Often biologists study life at many different levels (think ...

A team of researchers in Germany have revived algae cells found buried at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, where they laid dormant for more than 7,000 years. For millenia, the cells, imprisoned under ...

Mysterious Microbe May Play Important Role In Ocean Ecology Date: November 15, 2008 Source: University of California - Santa Cruz Summary: An unusual microorganism discovered in the open ocean may ...

Patterns of habitat partitioning have been widely described, but how the patterns are formed is as yet incompletely understood. To document and describe the different types of community organization ...

The organisms underneath, usually plants, can be identified and counted. Quadrats may also be used for slow-moving animals, e.g. earthworms, slugs and snails.