ng the options open to that individual. The genes which define anism’s makeup are also of fundamental importance. To understand ecology it is important to appreciate the fundamental nature of both of these factors and the fact that they interact.РRule 5Рplexity requires models.?Ecology is plex subject, with huge variation at almost every scale-millions of species, each with considerable ic variation, varying numbers and ever-changing behaviors in plex and dynamic environment. To understand it,it is necessary to clearly identify specific questions and then formulate hypotheses which can be tested. It is often very useful to frame the hypothesis in mathematical terms to avoid ambiguity and confusion which are often inevitable in a verbal model. Mathematical models are widely used in ecology.
全文预览
