Welcome to the ecology portal. Ecology Ecology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and their interactions with their environment. The environment of an organism includes all external factors, including abiotic ones such as climate and geology, and biotic factors, including members of the same species (conspecifics) and other species, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms In biology, an organism is any living system . In at least some form, all organisms are capable of response to stimuli, reproduction, growth and development, and maintenance of homeostasis as a stable whole. An organism may either be unicellular (single-celled) or be composed of, as in humans, many billions of cells grouped into specialized and their environment The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. The environment of an organism includes both physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors such as solar insolation, climate Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorological elements in a given region over long periods of time. Climate can be contrasted to weather, which is the present condition of these same elements over periods up to two weeks and geology Geology is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structure, physical properties, dynamics, and history of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed. The field is a major academic discipline, and is also, as well as the other organisms that share its habitat A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds (influences and is utilized by) a species population.[citation needed]. The term Ökologie was coined in 1866 Year 1866 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar) by the German The German people are an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent, and speaking the German language as a mother tongue. Within Germany, Germans are defined by citizenship (Federal Germans, Bundesdeutsche), distinguished from people of German ancestry (Deutschstämmige). Historically, in the context of the German biologist A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work. Biologists involved in applied research attempt to Ernst Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel , also written von Haeckel, was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including phylum, phylogeny, ecology and the; the word is derived from the Greek Greek , an Indo-European language native to the southern Balkan peninsula, is the language of the Greeks. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. In its ancient form, it is the language of classical Ancient Greek literature οικος (oikos, "household") and λόγος (logos, "study"); therefore "ecology" means the "study of the household (of nature)".
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Butanol Butanol or butyl alcohol , is a primary alcohol with a 4 carbon structure and the molecular formula of C4H9OH. It belongs to the higher alcohols and branched-chain alcohols may be used as a fuel Fuel is any material that is burned or altered to obtain energy and to heat or to move an object. Fuel releases its energy either through a chemical reaction means, such as combustion, or nuclear means, such as nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. An important property of a useful fuel is that its energy can be stored to be released only when needed, in an internal combustion engine The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine the expansion of the high temperature and pressure gases, that are produced by the combustion, directly apply force to a movable component of the engine, such as the pistons or turbine. It is in several ways more similar to gasoline Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion engines. It also is used as a powerful solvent much like acetone than ethanol Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug, best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and in modern thermometers. Ethanol is one of the oldest recreational drugs. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as is. Butanol has been demonstrated to work in some vehicles designed for use with gasoline without any modification.[1] It can be produced from biomass Industrial biomass can be grown from numerous types of plant, including miscanthus, switchgrass, hemp, corn, poplar, willow, sorghum, sugarcane, and a variety of tree species, ranging from eucalyptus to oil palm . The particular plant used is usually not important to the end products, but it does affect the processing of the raw material as well as fossil fuels Fossil fuels or mineral fuels are fuels formed by natural resources such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years. These fuels contain high percentage of carbon and hydrocarbons. Some call this biofuel Globally, biofuels are most commonly used to power vehicles, heat homes, and for cooking. Biofuel industries are expanding in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Recent technology developed at Los Alamos National Lab even allows for the conversion of pollution into renewable bio fuel. Agrofuels are biofuels which are produced from specific crops, biobutanol to reflect its origin, although it has the same chemical properties as butanol produced from petroleum Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds.
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Summer field in Belgium The Kingdom of Belgium /ˈbɛldʒəm/ is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi) and has a population of about 10.7 million (Hamois). The blue flower is Centaurea cyanus Centaurea cyanus is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called Common Cornflower. It may also be referred to as "basketflower" but and the red one a Papaver rhoeas Papaver rhoeas is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It has a variety of common names, including the Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, or Red Poppy, one of the many species and genera named poppy. The four petals are vivid red, most commonly with a black spot at their base. It is a variable annual plant, forming a long-.Ref.1 Robert Ulanowicz Robert Edward Ulanowicz is an American theoretical ecologist and philosopher who is best known for his search for a unified theory of ecology[citation needed]. He was born September 17, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland stated that "The emerging picture of ecosystem behavior does not resemble the worldview imparted by an extrapolation of conceptual trends established in other sciences."
The Cornflower Centaurea cyanusis Centaurea cyanus is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called Common Cornflower. It may also be referred to as "basketflower" but a typical plant Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. About 350,000 species of plants, defined as seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and fern allies, are estimated to exist currently. As of 2004, some 287,655 species had been species There are many definitions of what kind of unit a species is . A common definition is that of a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, and separated from other such groups with which interbreeding does not (normally) happen. Other definitions may focus on similarity of DNA or morphology. Some species are where ecologists differ from botanists Botany, plant science, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the scientific study of plant life and development. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study plants, algae, and fungi including: structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, chemical properties, and evolutionary and those involved in Nomenclature Nomenclature can refer to a system of names or terms, or the rules used for forming the names, as used by an individual or community, especially those used in a particular science or art in there views about its exact name and provenance Provenance, from the French provenir, "to come from", means the origin, or the source, of something, or the history of the ownership or location of an object, The term was originally mostly used of works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including science and computing. Typical uses may cover any. If a plant is a native species, then it must be growing in an area before its introduction by mankind in a region. The Cornflower is sold commercially worldwide and is therefore rarely named correctly, instead varieties are sold under the generic name; The Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Centaurea cyanus is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called Common Cornflower. It may also be referred to as "basketflower" but. It is suggested by floral locale when its true local genotype Centaurea cyanus Centaurea cyanus is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called Common Cornflower. It may also be referred to as "basketflower" but provenance and local genotype is given. it should it be considered as the true name of the plant. An example is in Ireland, where the Cornflower became extinct in the 1950's. In the first instance, the plant species was probably introduced by neolithic peoples many thousands of years ago, so was it ever a native? as early settlers arrived in Ireland, there brought it as a weed seed or herb from central Europe. However it persisted up to modern times, and then due to changes in agriculture became extinct. in the past 400 years, Cornflower was re-introduced by gardeners often as an improved ornamental species and often without its variety name. Since the 18th century, Pink, white and improved strains of Blue flowering cornflowers would have been re-imported into Ireland for horticulture.
Botanical and ecological writings, suggested that it was extinct by the 1980's. But in 1992 a wild strain was found on the Aran Islands and in Bray, Co Wicklow and again in 2008 on the M7/N7 road construction site in Urlingford, Co Tipperary. An Irish conservation wildflower seed supplier (ref.2) claims to have saved 11 seed in 1992 and 102 seeds in 2008 from these plants and have bred 'back' this species for conservation and commercial trade of native wildflowers. It the species different than the imported species?. Only genetic testing will solve the mystery if they are all the same plant or different sub species, varieties or genotypes, and hence deserving different names. Question, Is it all the same plant, with the same name?. And thus the ecology portal should be correctly viewed not as science as we know it, but science as we think we know it.
ref.1 R. Ulanowicz, Ecology: The Ascendent Perspective, Columbia (1997)
ref.2 http://www.wildflowers.ie
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Ernst Haeckel.Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16 February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of the year, 1834 Year 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) — August 8 August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year, 1919 Year 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar)), also written von Haeckel, was an eminent German biologist A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work. Biologists involved in applied research attempt to and philosopher Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law, justice, validity, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned argument. The word is of Greek. He promoted Charles Darwin's Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist[I] who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, work in Germany Germany (pronounced /ˈdʒɜrməni/ ), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south and developed the theory that the organism's biological development, or ontogeny Ontogeny (ontos present participle of 'to be', genesis 'creation') describes the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized egg to its mature form. Ontogeny is studied in developmental biology, developmental psychology, developmental cognitive neuroscience, and developmental psychobiology. Ontogeny is that branch of life science, parallels its species' evolutionary development, or phylogeny In biology, phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms , which is discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices. The term phylogenetics is of Greek origin from the terms phyle/phylon (φυλή/φῦλον), meaning "tribe, race," and genetikos (γενετικός.
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Q. We're studying early vertebrates and I missed the class when we discussed synapsid population ecology. Does anyone know of anything significant about them?
Asked by Christie S - Tue Oct 23 22:35:32 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for in terms of population ecology, since there weren't exactly humans around to study early synapsid population statistics... but.. The first synapsids, Archaeothyris and Clepsydrops, are included in this group, but would probably be considered more along the lines of mammalian-like reptiles. The name Synapsid is basically referring to the single fenestra (temporal) behind each eye orbit, as opposed to the "primitive" Diapsid condition of reptiles and dinos. They were the first to show heterodont dentition (differentiated teeth, e.g., molars vs. canines - compared to an alligator which just has multiple cone shaped teeth). But the early ones still had multiple lower jaw bones (not just the dentary)… [cont.]
Answered by nixity - Wed Oct 24 08:02:31 2007
