ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines basic information that explains the functions and values of ecology and its interrelationships with other sciences, including ecology’s direct impact on our lives. Ecology can be defined in various and numerous ways. For example, ecology, or ecological science, is commonly defined in the literature as the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment. The history of ecology has been tied to advances in biology, physics, and chemistry that have spawned new areas of study in ecology, such as landscape, conservation, restoration, and global ecology. At the same time, ecology was ripe with conflicts and opposing camps. The nonliving or abiotic part of the ecosystem is formed by three components: inorganic substances, organic compounds link biotic and abiotic parts, and climate regime.
