Talk:Ecology/Biosphere Organization

The first chapter i felt was a good intoduction to some basic terms and concepts of ecology. After getting into Chapter 2, the first paragraph or so felt fluent but then after it got into all the sub divisions of ecology, biosphere, biotrope...ect. it gets confusing and hard to keep track of what fits where. To me none of the terms seem too advance or hard to grasp, just the arrangement of all the different terms.(justinsmestad)

I think that the basic ecology definitions should somehow be placed in the first chapter. Also, I thought that the units of the biosphere should have been explained in more detail and a bit more clear. The introduction, I agree, seemed out of place as well.

I must agree with the others. Starting Chapter 2 with "the objective of this wikibook..." seems out of place to me. Especially given there seems to be no true "introduction" in the first chapter. Chapter 1 might be better suited for some of the trivial vocabulary and background. The first section overall seemed difficult to maintain focus and interest on, and felt disconnected not only from the other subject matter of that section, but also with the rest of the chapter. After starting the second section things seems to move much more nicely, however, with editing I think the chapter could be more cohesive and fluid.Blissjunkie (talk) 21:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

The introduction paragraph in this chapter seems out of place mostly because there was no introduction to the book until chapter two. It could possibly be moved to chapter one as a general introduction. (Roise (talk) 21:27, 26 August 2010 (UTC))

The paragraphs on biocycle in Chapter 2 could be cleaned up a little bit. It was odd to read and too philosophical for my taste. Many of the key words could be better defined as well or addition of more links could be added? (Markus.Wilson (talk)) Chapter 2 is difficult to read and understand. It should also be apart of the introduction. Terms should be described thoroughly before going on to the next term. I also think the terms can be explained better. Adavis (talk) 19:59, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I think parts of this chapter should be combined with chapter one. It is still very much an introduction, yet it creates much confusion while reading. Being a novice Ecologist, I can say it is difficult to learn and pull relevant information from the text.Jordanwald (talk) 16:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I agree that the first paragraph is confusing as it seems out of place after the first chapter. The section on basic definitions seems out of place as well considering the title of the chapter is Biosphere Organization (Amberk (talk) 01:02, 26 August 2010 (UTC)).

I wonder whether some discussion of the narrower, classical definition of ecology (the study of populations of organisms and their interactions - so generational studies, island theory, predation and competition etc) would be in order?Peri Coleman (talk) 23:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

The first paragraph here is plain hard to read. The first sentance alone is downright confusing. I've been put off so much that I'm not even going to continue reading. This page, and probably the book for that matter, needs some major editing.

Chapter 2 seems more like an introduction than chapter 1 did. There is alot of great, raw material in here, but I think it needs some major editing. There are some minor grammar mistakes. The beginning of the chapter was quite confusing; however, as I progressed through the chapter it became easier to read, as well as more interesting. --Bgosch1 (talk) 06:17, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I felt that chapter 1 was pretty well put together and considering that it is biology content was not extremely boring to read. I felt like I was able to retain the vocabulary well in chapter 1 because there were few words and they were spaced throughout the chapter.

However, chapter 2 was very hard to read because there is so much raw material and vocabulary that must be explained. The fact that it must be explained gives problems on where to place it because there is so much information to get out there. I had to read chapter 2 twice to even briefly understand what was being said. I think some of the concepts in this chapter could be explained a little more in depth. Some of this information could be moved to chapter one or spread out into a whole new chapter that jus dealt with biosphere. 08.48 CST 08/27/2010

Chapter 1 was really good but chapter 2 was difficult to read. I would suggest placing the terms and there definitions at the begining of chapter 1. This would allow one to easily compare and contrast each term and distinguish there subtle differences. (Tech2 (talk) 15:22, 27 August 2010 (UTC))

I thought both chapters were interesting. However, chapter 2 was a little more difficult to comprehend than the first. There was alot of terms thrown at me that i felt could have been explained better. Although it did contain alot of useful information. Jordan Kizima

The first chapter was understandable. The second was less so, but I think that that is because there are a lot of terms, some new, others not. It's a lot of information to absorb, but I didn't think that any of it was extremely confusing. It could be written in a more simplified or more compacted way. (redsight890.)

I moved the paragraph from chapter two dicussing the basic units of the biosphere to chapter 1 because I thought it fit better with basics of ecology. I wasn't sure what to do with the gaia theory so I left it as is. (Gary.heitkamp (talk) 13:48, 10 September 2010 (UTC))