The Ecology of Ecologists: Harnessing Diverse Approaches for a Stronger Science

A celebration of ecology's variety—as both subject and research endeavor—and a call for intradisciplinary understanding.

Open any ecology textbook, and you will find a heterogeneous mix of material that puzzles many newcomers. How do levels of organization from individual organisms to ecosystems, abstract concepts like food webs and biodiversity, and applied topics, like climate change and conservation, all fit together? New ecological research can be equally puzzling. Ecology journals pu...