History of ecology

History of ecology



Ecology is a new science and considered as an important branch of biological science, having only become prominent during the second half of the 20th century.Its history back to the 4th century. One of the first ecologists whose writings survive may have been Aristotle or perhaps his student, Theophrastus, both of whom had interest in many species of animals and plants.Theophrastus described interrelationships between animals and their environment as early as the 4th century BC. Ecology developed substantially in the 18th and 19th century.
18th and 19th century
1- Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist and inventor of science on the economy of nature, is well known for his work with taxonomy but his ideas helped to lay the groundwork for modern ecology. He developed a two part naming system for classifying plants and animals. Binomial Nomenclature was used to classify, describe, and name different genera and species. Reid suggests "Linnaeus can fairly be regarded as the originator of systematic and ecological studies in biodiversity," due to his naming and classifying of thousands of plant and animal species. Linnaeus was also one of the first naturalists to place men in the same category as primates.