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J HOWELL D KELLY and M H TURNBULL Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch New Zealand and New Zealand Department of Conservation Wellington New Zealand Summary 1 An intriguing feature of the. The scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and the interactions that determine distribution and abundance. Begon. , Harper, Townsend, 2006, Ecology, Blackwell. Lecture outline. De-Growth and Denia. l:. . The Role of Social Engineering. William E. Rees, PhD, FRSC. UBC School of Community and Regional Planning. CANSEE. 2013. Sustaining. the Commons:. Ideas and Actions for a Green Economy. of Pope Francis. An Inspiring Call. to Contemplation and Action. . BEECHWOOD, 20 October 2015. Donal Dorr. BACKGROUND. . “. It is good to be the Pope”. A Man with a Mission – to offer. The . role of the National Ecological Observatory . Network. Hank Loescher | National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Director Strategic . Projects . | CEO . Office. lots and lots of data…. 9/2008. 5 Tim Rich Head of Vascular Plants, National Museum of WalesAfter picking up an interest in botany from my Sixth Form Head and watching a David Attenborough documentary, I went to Lancaster University holism. reductionism. climax community. Organicism. teleology. deep ecology. Gaia theory . positive versus negative biotic interactions. pristine myth. Films often portray organisms and ecological interactions . The Theoretical Basis of Market Liberalism and Institutionalism. What is Ecological Modernization?. The restructuring of institutions to follow environmental interests, perspectives, and rationalities. . Four ‘conditions of an imperilled environment’ Kirkpatrick Sale. Drawdown: the process by which the dominant species in an ecosystem uses up the surrounding resources faster than they can be replaced.. 10. 9. 8. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Ecological Niche. The role played by an organism in a biological community: its food preferences, its requirements for shelter; its special behaviors, and the timing of its activities (nocturnal or diurnal). . Predator-prey theory. Basics (. Lotka-Volterra. ). Functional responses and risk. Effect on phase-planes. Dynamics. Paradox of enrichment. Predator interference and ratio dependence. How do predators respond to prey?. Water on Earth. Uneven Global Distribution of Fresh Water. Definitions by Wetzel (2001). see page 4. Limnology. Freshwater Ecology. Freshwater Biology. Theories of Ecology. Taken from . Dodds. (2009). Photo of Marsh (U.S. diplomat & philologist) from Wikimedia Commons; Quote from S. Kingsland (2005). Ecological Restoration. George Perkins Marsh. (1801 – 1882). Man & Nature . (1864). Contemporaneous with . Dr. . Debrah. Fine. Ecology. The study of how living things interact with each other and their non-living environment. From Greek “. oikos. ,” meaning “home,” and “logy,” meaning “knowledge.”. WiP, ICAME39, Tampere 2018. Jarle Ebeling. Signe Oksefjell Ebeling. Aims. First explorations of a . new. . resource. In what ways does a keyword analysis reflect changes in (British) society?. In what ways does a general and ambiguous keyword (.