Systems Ecology

Systems ecology is an interdisciplinary field of ecology, a subset of Earth system science, that takes a holistic approach to the study of ecological systems, especially ecosystems. Systems ecology focuses on interactions and transactions within and between biological and ecological systems, and is especially concerned with the way the functioning of ecosystems can be influenced by human interventions.

Systems ecologists realise that the function of any ecosystem can be influenced by human economics in fundamental ways.

Related fields

• Deep ecology
• Earth systems engineering and management
• Ecological economics
• Ecological energetics
• Ecological humanities
• Ecosystem ecology
• Industrial ecology

Broader Term(s)

• Biology
• Ecology
• Earth system science

Narrower Term(s)

• Ecosystems
• Living organisms
• Environmentalism

Related Term(s)

• Biogeography
• Evolutionary biology
• Genetics
• Ethology
• Natural history.