• Question: what is a ecoligist

    Asked by cabbage to Andrew, Emma, Marianne on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Andrew Maynard answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Hi cabbage,

      I thought I knew the answer to this, but just in case I upset my ecologist friends by getting it wrong, I thought I had better check by looking it up…

      According to the Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary, ecology is a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship between organisms and their environment.

      OK, so I knew that, but better to check.

      So an ecologist is someone who studies how everything fits together and interacts with everything else in the environment – including humans.

      It’s actually a pretty cool thing to be, because it covers so many different areas of science.

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      anon answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Cabbage, Emma’s an ecologist but i don’t think i’d describe her as a what, she’s more like a who.

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      anon answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hi cabbage…. an ecologist is a biologist who studies the relationship between organisms and their environment – they have a very important job and we use them to help us determine how we should manage certain species on our land estate:).

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      Marianne Baker answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hey cabbage

      Ecologists study ecology; that is, how living things interact with each other in the environment.
      Ah, wiki has some more details! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology

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      Emma Pilgrim answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      HI Cabbage

      An ecologist is a scientist who wants to know how organisms such as plants, insects, birds interact with their enviornment. Does that help?

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