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Show EcologyIn Animal Ecology In a general way animal ecology is isa isa laa a science which seeks seeI.s seeIs . to give some somedehnlte somedefinite somedefinite dehnlte definite form to the \ vast past ast number of ofobservations ofobservations ofobservations observations \ which hlch ha\ ha have hae ' \ e been accum accumulated accumulated accumulated ulated during the last few hundred hundredyears hundredyears hundredyears years by field naturalists naturallsts and varIous varIousother variousother variousother other people Interested In wild wlld nnl ani nnlmals animals animals mals Ecology Ccolog ; ) Is concerned \ ' . with fth re redUclng reducing reducing dUclng ducing andco and co coordinating ordinaUng ordlnating ordinaUngast \ vast \ast ast past a\aU a aU atail aaUable atailable available \ able Information concerning h'lblts hlblts habits hibltslife ' , Ufe life histories , and numbers of or the dlf dif dlfferent ditferent different ferent animals , \ with Ith a view to solv soly- soly solying solving . - ing problems probhems some of the urgent practical prob lems hems arising arisln as eg a result of man's mans ' he-coming he coming be- be becoming becoming - - coming withthe c1vlll dvilLsed civilhecl ec1 and interfering Intel fering with withthe withthe the animil anlm'll anlmll anim'il ' ' and plant life llfe around him |