Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their environment.
Scope
Ecology is usually considered a branch of biology, the general science that studies living organisms.
Established in 1920, Ecology publishes research and synthesis papers on all aspects of ecology, with particular emphasis on papers that develop new concepts in ecology, that test ecological theory, or that lead to an increased appreciation for the diversity of ecological phenomena.
Disciplines of ecology
I'ts a broad discipline comprising many sub-disciplines. A common, broad classification, moving from lowest to highest complexity, where complexity is defined as the number of entities and processes in the system under study, is:
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· Ecophysiology
· Behavioral ecology
· Population ecology
· Community ecology
· Ecosystem ecology
· Systems ecology
· Landscape ecology
· Evolutionary ecology
· Political ecology
Kyoto protocol
Kyoto protocol on the climatic change is an international agreement that has for aim reduce the emission of six provocative gases of the global warming: carbon dioxide (CO2), gas methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
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