In message <48h0bq$kt1 at net.bio.net> Paul van Gardingen writes:
> My apologies if you belong to both.
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>> A few academic questions.
>> 1. What is environmental physiology?
>> 2. How does it differ from physiological ecology?
>> 3. Is there any difference the the terms ecophysiology and physiological
> ecology?
>> I would be interested in receiving some feedback on these questions.
> The serious reason I ask is that I am writing an review paper at
> present on an aspect of environmental physiology/ ecophysiology
> /physiological ecology, and I have managed to get myself successfully
> sidetracked on these question and definitions.
>> Just to leave you with a thought, Ecology is derived from the Greek
> Oikos, meaning house or home. Does Ecophysiology then literally mean
> the physiology of a house or home? By the same argument watch out
> for ecotourists........
>>> Paul van Gardingen
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