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Chapter 50 Lecture Intro to Ecology CHAPTER 50 AN INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY AND THE BIOSPERE Copyright ? 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Section A: The Scope of Ecology 1. The interaction between organisms and their environments determine the distribution and abundance of organisms 2. Ecology and evolutionary biology are closely related sciences 3. Ecological research ranges from the adaptations of individual organisms to the dynamics of the biosphere 4. Ecology provides a scientific context for evaluating environmental issues Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. Introduction Copyright ? 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings