Systems Ecology

An Undergraduate Library Subject Guide providing suggested resources and other information for beginning research on the topic Systems Ecology.

Systems ecology: Overview
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
Keywords
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.