The Concept of Ecology: Analysis of Definitions

G. S. Rozenberg

Institute of the Ecology of the Volga Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Komzina 10, Tolyatti, Samara oblast,
445003 Russia

Received September 7, 1998

Well, what is this parvenu of sciences, which seems to be a col-
lection of facts without any theory and which obviously suffers
from excessive observation and the lack of principles to classify
the data observed? And is there such a science, ecology, at all?

A. MacFadyen
(1963; quoted from the Russian edition, 1965)

Abstract—More than 60 definitions of the concept of ecology are analyzed. It is concluded that the notions of
ecology are clearly divided into three groups: biological, sociological, and mixed.

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