History of Ecological Sciences, Part 55: Animal Population Ecology

Fractal Population Ecology Theory

Abstract Purpose - The aim of this paper is to describe the population ecology theory through fractal thinking, an emergent human operating system that is creative, adaptive, healthy, and evolutionary; furthermore, a parallel is drawn between the population ecology model and the fractal structure. Top-down hierarchies are typically characterized by command and control systems of the authority t...

Animal Population Ecology and Control Fundamentals

The history of ecology: achievements and opportunities, part two.

Among ecologists, historians of science, and environmentalists there is growing interest in the history of ecology. The editor of theJournal of the History of Biology therefore requested that I write a new bibliographic essay to supplement the one published in 1977. My earlier essay, which covered relevant writings from ancient to recent times, concentrated on general ecology and population eco...

Urban Ecology: Patterns of Population Growth and Ecological Effects

Currently, over 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. By 2050, this estimate is expected to be 70%. This urban growth, however, is not uniformly distributed around the world. The majority of it will occur in developing nations and create megacities whose populations exceed at least 10 million people. Not all urban areas, however, are growing. Some are actually losing populations b...

The Animal Sciences Academic Quadrathlon: history, current status, and recommendations.

The Animal Sciences Academic Quadrathlon (AQ) provides opportunities for teams of undergraduate animal and dairy science students to participate in regional American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)/American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) meetings and to collectively exhibit their knowledge and talents competitively in 4 categories: 1) solving practical, hands-on, laboratory-type problems; 2)...