# Ecology

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Category: Science
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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:21.478Z
Tags: science, ecology

## Summary

The study of relationships — between organisms, between organisms and their environment, between species and the abiotic conditions that make life possible. Key sections include: Eco logy.; Opening What ecology is.; Chapter I The discipline emerges.; Chapter II The five levels.; Chapter III The 10% rule.; Chapter IV The web, not the chain.; Chapter V The niche.; Chapter VI Lotka-Volterra.; Chapter VII Two life strategies.; Chapter VIII How species coexist..

## Slide Outline

1. Eco logy.
2. Opening What ecology is.
3. Chapter I The discipline emerges.
4. Chapter II The five levels.
5. Chapter III The 10% rule.
6. Chapter IV The web, not the chain.
7. Chapter V The niche.
8. Chapter VI Lotka-Volterra.
9. Chapter VII Two life strategies.
10. Chapter VIII How species coexist.
11. Chapter IX Top-down control.
12. Chapter X How communities assemble.
13. Chapter XI The world's major biomes.
14. Chapter XII The MacArthur-Wilson theory.
15. Chapter XIII The cycles.
16. Chapter XIV The crisis discipline.
17. Chapter XV The current rate.
18. Chapter XVI Putting back together.
19. Chapter XVII The unseen majority.
20. Chapter XVIII The climate-driven reshuffle.
21. Chapter XIX Lovelock and the biosphere.
22. Chapter XX How ecologists work.
23. Chapter XXI Five open questions.
24. Chapter XXII Twenty-five works.
25. Chapter XXIII Watch & read.
26. Chapter XXIV Resources.
27. Chapter XXV Why ecology matters.
28. Chapter XXVI Practical.
29. Chapter XXVII What to watch.
30. The end of the deck.

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