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II. The Past: Historical Development of Interactions Between Classes -…
Topics and Subtopics:
- Early Ecological Theories of Interaction
- Aristotle’s observations on animal behavior (e.g., predator-prey).
- The rise of ecological thinking in the 19th century (e.g., Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection).
- Darwin’s Influence on Evolutionary Interactions
- Darwin’s views on competition, predation, and survival.
- Co-evolution between plants and pollinators, herbivores and plants.
- The Rise of Ecological Succession and Trophic Levels
- Primary and secondary succession in ecosystems.
- Emergence of the concept of trophic levels (producers, consumers, decomposers).
- The development of food chains and food webs in understanding ecological relationships.