Ecosystem ecology provides the basic science needed to avoid degradation and to restore ecosystem processes that provide for basic human needs.
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Perhaps the most notable proponent of this view was Howard T . Odum-sometimes considered the father of ecosystems ecology.
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However, systems ecology more actively considers external influences such as economics that usually fall outside the bounds of ecosystem ecology.
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Main interest : ecosystem ecology, ecological modeling and environmental impact assessment, with applications to ecosystem management focusing on networks.
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A major focus of ecosystem ecology is on functional processes, ecological mechanisms that maintain the structure and services produced by ecosystems.
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It is named after Eugene Odum, renowned UGA biologist and the father of ecosystem ecology, the founder of the Institute.
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Ecosystem ecology approaches organisms and abiotic pools of energy and nutrients as an integrated system which distinguishes it from associated sciences such as biogeochemistry.
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The general systems ecologist Howard T . Odum later applied Lotka's proposal as a central guiding feature of his work in ecosystems ecology.
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Thus ecosystem ecology provides a powerful framework for identifying ecological mechanisms that interact with global environmental problems, especially global warming and degradation of surface water.
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Two common ones from the ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry fields are kg C / m ^ 2 / yr and Mg C / ha / yr.
