The field of ecology explores the interactive web of organisms and the environment. Studies in evolution consider the processes by which modern organisms have developed from ancestral ones. ... An ecology and evolution major could also serve as a springboard to a career in law.

What is the connection between ecology and evolution?

The traditional view is that ecology shapes evolution. The environment defines a template for the process of evolution: natural selection shapes organisms to fit that template. Some studies suggest, however, that evolutionary processes reciprocate by influencing ecology.

What is meant by ecological evolution?

Evolution is the development of changes that can be passed genetically over the history of an organism. ... The study of how ecological factors cause changes in an organism throughout its history is evolutionary ecology. Ecological factors affecting evolution include living, or biotic, and nonliving, or abiotic factors.