Ecological theories

paradigm that living organisms interact with their surroundings in a self-regulating system

statement that growth is dictated by the scarcest resource

ecological theory concerning the selection of life history traits

bottleneck variable limiting the evolution of a system

scientific discipline devoted to the study of ecological systems using theoretical methods

Biological principle about the differential reproductive success in males versus females

hypothesis that multicellular life, understood as a superorganism, is suicidal, and that microbial-triggered mass extinctions are attempts to return the Earth to a microbial-dominated state

hypothesis on what initiated the Younger Dryas geological period

Ecological principle

approximate power law relating animal metabolic rate to mass

hypothesis in ecology

Adaptability ( "fit to, adjust") is a feature of a system or a process describing the capacity to adjust in response to new conditions. adaptability in the field of organizational management can be generally seen as the ability to change something or oneself under conditions of the environment. In ecology, adaptability has been described as an organism's ability to adjust and thrive under the conditions of its own environment, see adaptive behaviour (ecology).

theory of evolutionary biology

An ecological metacommunity is a set of interacting communities which are linked by the dispersal of multiple, potentially interacting species. The term is derived from the field of community ecology, which is primarily concerned with patterns of species distribution, abundance and interactions. Metacommunity ecology combines the importance of local factors (environmental conditions, competition, predation) and regional factors (dispersal of individuals, immigration, emigration) to explain patterns of species distributions that happen in different spatial scales.

ecological theory

evolutionary theory developed by J. P. Grime based on the trade-off between growth, maintenance and regeneration

theory that posits that the metabolic rate of organisms is the fundamental biological rate that governs most observed patterns in ecology

explanation for tree species biodiversity in rainforests

controversial proposal related to the Gaia hypothesis