Divisions of Ecology

The main divisions of ecology are autoecology and synecology, however, there are also others that we will mention
below:
1) Autoecology.

Study of the relationships between a single type of organism (species) and the environment in which it lives
(population), studies the adaptations of organisms to their environment, and aims to: Point out the characteristics of
the individual's ecology. The central object of Autoecology is the individual and pays attention to the concepts of
habitat, adaptation and niche.
It is based on quantitative analysis, which is interested in geographical distribution and population dynamics (birth,
mortality) and qualitative analysis, which considers genetic characteristics.
 1.1 The desert cacti.
 1.2 Cetaceans.
 1.3 Chestnut and beech forests in Spain

2) Synecology.

It studies the relationships between various species belonging to the same group and the environment in which they
live (community), it is the science that studies as a whole all the relationships between biological communities and
between the ecosystems of the Earth.
 2.1 The predation process
 2.2 The diet of koalas and eucalyptus
 2.3 Biomass

3) Population dynamics.

It studies the causes and modifications of the abundance of species in a given environment, that is, the changes that
occur in a population and are related to its survival.
It is a specialty of ecology that deals with the study of the changes that biological populations undergo in terms of size,
physical dimensions of their members, age and sex structure and other parameters that define them, as well as the
factors that cause these changes. changes and the mechanisms by which they occur.
 3.1 The animals were measured and the sex ratio (1:1.2), birth rate and mortality were
evaluated.
 3.2 The growth parameters were evaluated, and how they affected the climatic phenomena
of La Niña and El Niño. In addition, population growth was determined using Von Bertalanffy
mathematical models.
 3.3 It was found that individuals were more abundant in May and September and in the year
2000 they suffered a population decline.

4) Applied ecology.

It represents the modern trend of protecting nature and its balance in the rural and urban human environment.
Applied ecology studies the physical environment (soils, climate, geomorphology) and the ecology of biotic
communities. It seeks to synthesize this knowledge in the development of formulas or models that, with a predictive
approach, allow their application to the conception of sustainable development of natural resources; contributing to
avoiding the loss of biodiversity, mitigating the environmental effects generated by development projects and works,
and promoting ecological restoration alternatives that incorporate productive options.
 4.1 GLOBAL ECOLOGY.
 4.2 ECOLOGY OF THE ECOSYSTEM
 4.3 COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
 5) Systems ecology.

It is probably the most modern branch of this science, which uses applied mathematics in mathematical and computer
models to achieve an understanding of complex ecological problems.
Systems ecology studies ecological systems and has as its main objective the analysis of the ecological relationships
between living beings and their environment, with special attention to the current accelerated global change of
ecosystems, as well as the biodiversity of microbes, animals and plants, in connection with the flows of main chemical
elements, also quantifying and modeling these biogeochemical flows.
 5.1 Terrestrial ecological systems
 5.2 Aquatic ecological systems
 5.3 Mixed ecological systems