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Ecology

 

The theory of the correlation (networks) between the living environment (e.g. micro-organisms, plants, animals, humans) and the lifeless environment (e.g. climate, layers, soil, water, air). The individual elements are known as eco-factors. Ecology is based on the viewpoint that every living organisms is exposed to a series of influential factors within its habitat. Symbiosis and habitat together form an Eco- system. The Eco-system was previously regarded as a part of biology, and it is only recently that it has become a scientific discipline in ist own right.