In ecology, monitoring refers to the systematic observation and assessment of environmental conditions, species populations, and ecosystem processes over time. It involves collecting data to track changes, understand trends, and evaluate the impacts of natural events or human activities on ecosystems. Effective monitoring is essential for conservation efforts, resource management, and informing policy decisions to ensure ecological health and biodiversity.
Branches of ecology include population ecology (study of how populations of organisms interact with their environment), community ecology (study of interactions between species in a given area), ecosystem ecology (study of the flow of energy and matter through ecosystems), and conservation ecology (study of how to protect and preserve biodiversity).
No, most experiments in ecology are conducted in natural environments rather than in a lab. These experiments often require long-term monitoring and data collection to study the interactions of plants, animals, and their environments in a more realistic setting. Lab experiments in ecology are typically used to study specific mechanisms or processes under controlled conditions.
Related disciplines and approaches under ecology include environmental science, conservation biology, population ecology, community ecology, landscape ecology, and ecosystem ecology. These disciplines study interactions between organisms and their environment at different levels of organization, from individuals to ecosystems, to understand how ecosystems function and how they can be managed and conserved.
monitoring. if you mean observation as in to watch soemthing, monitor or monitoring would be the best bet.
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Kate Wardle has written: 'Monitoring vegetation changes at Treble Cone Ski Field, New Zealand' -- subject(s): Environmental aspects of Ski resorts, Monitoring, Mountain ecology, Mountain plants, Ski resorts, Soil ecology, Treble Cone (N.Z.), Vegetation monitoring
Heather Chandler has written: 'To a far shore' 'Marine monitoring programs in the Gulf of Maine' -- subject- s -: Environmental monitoring, Marine ecology
Michael G. Karl has written: 'Assessing big sagebrush at multiple spatial scales' -- subject(s): Big sagebrush, Ecology, Habitat, Habitat (Ecology), Range ecology, Sage grouse, Sagebrush, Vegetation dynamics, Vegetation monitoring
The ecology of amfibians is the interaction with this group of animals with their environment and habitat, and their food items and predators.
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Jim Cagney has written: 'Greenline riparian-wetland monitoring' -- subject(s): Riparian ecology, Wetland conservation
It is a local taxonomically circumscibed species
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Carla Markmann has written: 'Benthic monitoring in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta' -- subject(s): Benthic animals, Estuarine ecology
Carol D. Janzen has written: 'Marine water column ambient monitoring program' -- subject(s): Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Marine pollution, Environmental monitoring, Marine ecology, Marine pollution
Daniel V. Richards has written: 'Rocky intertidal ecological monitoring in Channel Islands National Park, California, 1986-1987' -- subject(s): Intertidal ecology, Environmental monitoring, Intertidal animals, Ecological surveys