top8 ecology

The observation of this Greek thinker also led him to write the first treaties on flora and fauna.

In his book Silent Spring he seeks to raise awareness about the indiscriminate use of pesticides and their effects

Considered the father of contemporary ecology, who discovered the homeostatic mechanisms of ecosystems

Is the basis of photosynthesis, and, therefore, the primary food source for photosynthetic organisms

An interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location

Set of living organisms whose vital processes are interrelated and are developed based on the physical factors

  Give us the term synecology.

Tests the predictions done by the hypothesis in order to prove it right or wrong.

 Those that produce their own food (plants, algae), also called producers

Is the first to use the term "ecology" in order to define the relationships between living organisms and the habitat

This is the main source of raw materials that provide for the photosynthetic process and the basis of food production

The ... line, focused on human communities

García (2011) defines ecology as a ... and interdisciplinary science

Was one of the first to conclude that the Earth was round, based on the observation of the stars, eclipses and tides.

Studies on ... had to wait until the end of World War II

Its field of study is the community and the environment that surrounds it within a geographical area

This branch analyses the mutual interactions between the environment and the organisms that dwell in it

He proposed an approach to nature through mental reasoning, because only then you can understand the causality.

Who published in 1912 the book, under the name The depths of the ocean.

Author of Zoological Philosophy, in which explains the characteristics of organisms, the basics for populations studies.

Theoretical, hypothetical explanations of observations and measurements of the subject of study or phenomenon.

the ... line, working with communities living in cities.

A ship that sailed all the known seas, collecting samples from all latitudes, to obtain valuable research

Is the gaseous layer (nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and other gases) surrounding the Earth

Who amazed us all with their incredible images on the fragility of marine ecosystems

A particular being or thing as distinguished from a class, species, or collection

 Was the first to base knowledge on sensorial experience

Mexican biologist, promotes international cooperation programs in the areas of climate change

Is in the Roman Empire where ... begins to develop

Are any living components in an ecosystem that affect organisms in relationships like competition and commensalism

 Introduced the concept of community.

It is in his research on living organisms where the term biology was first used.

Are those that destroy other organisms that were once alive and return chemical elements to the soil (fungi and bacteria

Refer to the physical and chemical conditions in the environment, such as climate and temperature

Who has outstood in the field of environmental protection and the fight against poverty

With the arrival of ...’s The Origin of Species Lamarck’s transmutation theory was refuted and evolution appears

oikos, meaning ... ; and logos, meaning ...

If the hypothesis was proved correct, then it turns into a theory or scientific knowledge. 

Introduced the concept of ecological community in time and space

It is necessary for all chemical elements to move across the ecosystem in a perennial cycle of nutrition

Perform observations using the senses, define and measure the phenomena being studied.

"A group of individuals of the same species occupying the same geographical area"

Ecology is an ...

Roman law recognized that: flora, fauna, sites, scenic resources and the environment itself, are

New concepts were introduced, such as ecosystem by

The energy that Earth receives from the Sun, in the form of ultraviolet light, heat and visible light.

 They are also called "consumers"

Did the first classification of species or taxonomy that is still in used up to today.