Ecology Flashcards
He published “Idea of Plants Geography” and is considered the father of ecology.
Alexander Von Humboldt
He coined the term “Ecology” in 1869.
Earnst Haeckel
He proposed the theory of “Natural Selection” and also the theory that organisms change over time beacuse of their inherited traits and characters.
Charles Darwin
He coined the term “ecosystems” and because of this, ecology became the science of ecosystems.
Arthur Tansley
He first defined the term “biosphere” froom the Greek “bio” and “sphaira”.
Eduard Suess
They published the first book of ecology which became a university course.
Eugene and Howard Odum
He introduced the discipline of biogeography en 1895.
Eugen Warming
The study of behavioral interactions between individuals within populations and communities, usually in an evolutionary context.
Behavioral Ecology
The study of the processes that affect the distribution and abundance of animal and plant populations.
Demecology
The study of the organization and functioning of communities, which are assemblages of interacting populations of the species living within a particular area or habitat.
Community ecology
The branch of ecology and evolutionary biology that deals with the preservation and management of biodiversity and natural resources.
Conservation ecology
The applied science that studies ecological processes applied to agricultural production systems.
Agroecology
He is considerated as one of the first ecologists who was interested in the study of plants and animals.
Aristotle
Environmental education was born in 1952 in Sweden, where different industrialized countries signed the Stockholm declaration.
FALSE
The UN established January 26th as the environmental education day.
TRUE
Obtain eco-friendly values creating environmental ethic, with solidarity and equity is a goal of environmental education.
TRUE
In Mexico environmental education started in the 70s and in the 90s it was included as a concept in all the school programs.
FALSE
Ecology is considered a multidisciplinary science, usually taking approaches from biology, chemistry, physics, geography, etc.
TRUE
In the 1850s harmful effects of pollution to ecosystems were knownto people.
FALSE
Environmentalism and ecologism are two branches of what is called “green movement”.
TRUE
In how many regions is divided the biogeography? And tell them.
Is divided in 8 and are, Nearctic, Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian, Neotropical, Oceanian & Antarctic.
Tell the main 6 biogeography regions.
Nearctic, Palearctic, Australasian
Indomalayan, Afrottopical, Neotropical
