Ecology

What’s Ecology?

  • Ecology is a science about interactions of organisms.
  • The interactions include intraspecific interaction, interspecific interaction and interaction with environment.
  • Interactions are complex. Environment is stochastic, and each species interacts with many species. In the interaction among individuals, performance of one individual is influenced by those of other individuals.
  • Accordingly, Ecology is a difficult science. However, the complexity is a substance of organisms, which should be accept to understand reality of organisms.
  • Under the difficulties, Ecologists try to reveal essences of interactions of organisms by using various approaches from various viewpoints.

Center for Ecological Research,Kyoto Univiersity