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Ecology
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Actar Publishers actar.com 4 facts
referenceThe field of ecology has shifted from classical determinism and Newtonian reductionism toward contemporary understandings of dynamic systemic change, adaptability, resilience, and flexibility, according to the book Projective Ecologies.
referenceIn the book 'Landscape Tunings', authors Silvia Benedito and Alexander Häusler of OFICINAA argue that landscape is more than ecology and technical performance; it is an environment of importance to human dispositions and wellbeing, serving as an emotional space of social relevance.
claimFelix Guattari defines ecology as simultaneously environmental, social, and existential, a definition adopted by the book Projective Ecologies.
referenceThe book 'Projective Ecologies: Ecology, Research, and Design in the Climate Age', edited by Chris Reed and Nina-Marie Lister, documents a resurgence of ecological ideas and thinking in urbanism, society, culture, and design over the past two decades.
Ecologists Study the Interactions of Organisms and Their Environment nature.com 3 facts
claimTemperature influences the ecology and evolution of species, as organisms generally slow down or freeze in cold conditions and overheat or lose function as temperatures rise.
claimEcologists recognize that there is no single set of ecological attributes or strategies that make an organism "the best" because the environment is dynamic and diverse.
claimKey ecological questions in the twenty-first century center on human manipulation of the Earth’s environment.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimCritics argue that the evolutionary psychology model of a provider male bartering food for protection is flawed because the most valuable food sources, defined by rare essential nutrients, vary by ecology.
claimEdward Hagen argues that past human environments were not radically different from the modern world in terms of geology, ecology, and the animal and plant taxa present, unlike the Carboniferous or Jurassic periods.
Ecology: Nature's Interactions and Ecosystem Dynamics scholarsresearchlibrary.com 2 facts
Compendium Vol. 5 No. 1: The ecological role of native plants bio4climate.org 1 fact
perspectiveThe authors of the Compendium contend that restoration projects are more often guided by engineering, horticulture, and agronomy than by ecology.
Evidence for Meat-Eating by Early Humans | Learn Science at Scitable nature.com 1 fact
referenceR. J. Blumenschine and B. L. Pobiner published 'Zooarchaeology and the ecology of Oldowan hominin carnivory' in the book 'Early Hominin Diets: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable', edited by P. Ungar and published by Oxford University Press in 2006.
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claimKnowledge of the diets of extinct hominin species is central to understanding their ecology and human evolution.
[PDF] Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable ... scienceopen.com Apr 3, 2023 1 fact
claimThe review article 'Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable...' examines research that positions dietary patterns at the center of feedback loops linking climate, ecology, and human health.
Moonlight shapes how some animals move, grow and even sing sciencenews.org Jul 8, 2019 1 fact
measurementJeff Shima and Stephen Swearer estimated in the journal Ecology that the growth advantage of a full moon relative to a new moon for common triplefin larvae is similar to the effect of a 1-degree Celsius increase in water temperature.
A review of climate change impacts on migration patterns of marine ... frontiersin.org Oct 25, 2024 1 fact
referenceGilg et al. (2012) reviewed the impacts of climate change on the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates.
Open-source software - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceThe article 'Open science, reproducibility, and transparency in ecology' by Powers and Hampton was published in Ecological Applications in 2019.
[PDF] Electroreception and Electrogenesis in Fishes german.bio.uci.edu 1 fact
claimA vast body of research exists regarding the physiology, phylogeny, evolution, and ecology of electrogenic and electroreceptive organisms.