Human ecology Main article: Human ecologyHuman ecology began in the 1920s, through the study of changes in vegetation succession in the city of Chicago. It became a distinct field of study in the 1970 ...
A list of founders, innovators and their significant contributions to ecology, from Romanticism onward.Notable figure Lifespan Major contribution citationAntoni van Leeuwenhoeke 1632–1723 First to d ...
The biosphere – Eduard Suess and Vladimir Vernadsky By the 19th century, ecology blossomed due to new discoveries in chemistry by Lavoisier and de Saussure, notably the nitrogen cycle. After observin ...
The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt Throughout the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the great maritime powers such as Britain, Spain, and Portugal launched many world explora ...
Ecology is generally spoken of as a new science, having only become prominent in the second half of the 20th century. More precisely, there is agreement that ecology emerged as a distinct discipline a ...
