It sounds like you are making a false dicotomy.
Evolutionary biology is essentially biology. Its a broader field and
encompasses ecology. However, evolution itself was and is, in my
opinion, and ecological theory, or at least the theories of natural
selection and sexual selection certainly fall
Off the top of my head:
Island biogeography including species-area curves
Metapopulation theory (originally applied to pest control)
Extinction Theory due to environmental and/or demographic stochasticity
Optimal foraging theory
Optimal Life History theory
Predator-prey models to explain wildlife
Hi,
I am wondering how you parsed out so significant a difference between the
two, ecology and evolution. Over time organisms evolve to be better at (a
result of) the ecology of their situation. That is the basis of a recent
"niche" thread for those who are Hutchinsonites. One species evolves,
