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Ecology & Conservation
The web of life — and what unravels it.
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Founding Ecology
Converse with
Theophrastus of Eresus Simulacrum
Historia Plantarum · Botanical Taxonomy · Natural Philosophy · Characters
4th–3rd century BC
Converse with
Alexander von Humboldt Simulacrum
Naturgemälde · Web of Life · Plant Geography · Father of Environmentalism
18th–19th century
Converse with
Ernst Haeckel Simulacrum
Ecology (the word) · Form Reads History · Marine Invertebrates · Kunstformen der Natur
19th–20th century
Converse with
Eugenius Warming Simulacrum
Plant Ecology · Plantesamfund · Community Function · Why Same Solutions on Different Continents?
19th–20th century
Converse with
Frederic Clements Simulacrum
Plant Succession · Climax Community · Vegetation as Process · First Paradigm
19th–20th century
Ecosystem & Community Theory
Converse with
Wladimir Köppen Simulacrum
Climate Classification · Vegetation as Climate Decoder · Botanist-Climatologist
19th–20th century
Converse with
Arthur Tansley Simulacrum
The Ecosystem Concept · Plant Ecology · Systems Thinking
19th–20th century
Converse with
Charles Elton Simulacrum
Food Chains · Ecological Niche · Pyramid of Numbers · Invasion Biology
20th century
Converse with
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Simulacrum
n-Dimensional Niche · Paradox of the Plankton · Why So Many Species? · Philosophic Naturalist
20th century
Converse with
Eugene Odum Simulacrum
Ecosystem Ecology · Energy Flow · Trophic Structure · Fundamentals of Ecology
20th century
Population & Island Biogeography
Converse with
E.O. Wilson Simulacrum
Island Biogeography · Sociobiology · Biodiversity · Biophilia · Half-Earth
20th–21st century
Converse with
Robert MacArthur Simulacrum
Island Biogeography · Patterns in Nature · Limiting Similarity · Mathematician-Naturalist
20th century
Conservation & Environmental Ethics
Converse with
John Muir Simulacrum
Wilderness Conservation · National Parks · Sierra Club · Wilderness as Argument
19th–20th century
Converse with
Aldo Leopold Simulacrum
The Land Ethic · A Sand County Almanac · Wildlife Ecology · Conservation Philosophy
19th–20th century
Converse with
Rachel Carson Simulacrum
Silent Spring · Pesticide Ecology · Bioaccumulation · Science Writing
20th century
Converse with
Wangari Maathai Simulacrum
Green Belt Movement · Tree as Political Act · Conservation as Democracy · Nobel Peace Prize 2004
20th–21st century
Systems Ecology & Gaia
Converse with
Al-Bīrūnī Simulacrum
Comparative Method · Kitāb al-Hind · Geodesy · Earth’s Circumference · Mineralogy · Chronology
10th–11th century
Converse with
Vladimir Vernadsky Simulacrum
Biosphere · Noosphere · Living Matter · Geochemistry · Biogeochemical Cycles
19th–20th century
Converse with
Gifford Pinchot Simulacrum
Conservation · National Forest Service · Wise Use · Progressive Conservationism · Resource Management
19th–20th century
Converse with
Lorenzian Systems Simulacrum
Chaos Theory · The Butterfly Effect · Strange Attractors · The Limits of Weather Prediction · Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow
20th–21st century
Converse with
James Lovelock Simulacrum
Gaia Hypothesis · Earth Systems · Self-Regulation · Electron Capture Detector
20th–21st century
Converse with
Robert Paine Simulacrum
Keystone Species · Trophic Cascades · Pisaster · Intertidal Ecology · Top-Down Regulation
20th–21st century
Converse with
Earlian Depths Simulacrum
Marine Biology · Deep Ocean · Her Deepness · Mission Blue · National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence
20th–21st century
Converse with
Lynn Margulis Simulacrum
Symbiogenesis · Endosymbiotic Theory · Gaia Co-developer · Vindicated Heretic
20th–21st century
Converse with
Janzenic Tropics Simulacrum
Tropical Ecology · Coevolution · Defaunation · Guanacaste Conservation · Biocultural Restoration
20th–21st century
Converse with
Chico Mendes Simulacrum
Rubber Tappers · Amazon Deforestation · Extractive Reserves · Environmental Justice · Seringalistas
20th century
Converse with
Lubchencoan Systems Simulacrum
Marine Ecology · Ocean Policy · Science Communication · NOAA · Biodiversity · Coastal Ecosystems
20th–21st century
Converse with
Kimmerian Botany Simulacrum
Braiding Sweetgrass · Indigenous Plant Wisdom · Potawatomi Science · Reciprocal Maintenance · Botanical Grammar of Animacy
20th–21st century
Converse with
Zephyrus Simulacrum
Earth Systems Modelling · Climate · Complex Systems · Gaia Dynamics
Non-historical