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Template should follow navigation template standards[edit]

I fixed the following problems, however the changes were reverted. Please explain why, and indicate what was problem with proposed fixes or suggest other ways to fix these issues.

Suppressing the navbar (v d e) links makes this template much harder for editors to get to in order to view or edit it. Having the v d e links is standard for templates.
When this template is collapsed it appears as 2 headings, rather than the standard single heading. This, combined with the lack of the navbar links makes it quite confusing. (It looks on a page like two navboxes.) Most navboxes collapse to a single entry.
Navigation templates are supposed to be kept small in size - to that end, items should not be duplicated. Duplicates of Ecological niche, Ecocline, Modelling ecosystems should be removed.

Zodon (talk) 08:16, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This template is so huge that it should probably be split (navigation templates are supposed to be at least moderately small). Splitting it into two (along the obvious dividing line between trophic and the rest) would easily solve issues 1 and 2 above. It would also remove one of the duplications noted in number 3. Zodon (talk) 08:48, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Clarify structure and labels[edit]

I revised the template to clarify the labels of some of the sections and to clarify the structure of the sections. [1] However the changes were reverted. Please explain why, and suggest ways of addressing the problems.

Specifically:

Should not assume that the user is familiar with the technical jargon of a particular area. When it is easy to add clarification (without unduly expanding or complicating the template or tampering with article titles) it makes sense to do so. Hence additions that trophic means food related, and that the component involved in "Landscape ecology" is space (or geography) help clarify the template.

The distinction between "other components" and "other" is not at all clear. Since the heading for other components actually links to non-trophic networks, changing that section name to other networks makes the distinction between the sections clearer. (Changing the section name to non-trophic networks would also be a way of handling this, and would follow the principle that pipes should be avoided in navigation templates.)

Since there are two sections that deal with species (Species and Species Interactions), grouping them together, with a subheading for interactions, makes it clearer that both those sections deal with the same component.

This template may be too large - at best it is borderline.Wikipedia:Navigation templates Introducing line wraps in the title means they take less space, leaving more space for the content. This helps address the size problem a little. Zodon (talk) 08:40, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed reformulation[edit]

v t e Ecology
Concepts	Biomass Competition Metabolic theory of ecology Productivity Resource
Population ecology (autoecology)	Abundance Allee effect Biotope Carrying capacity Depensation Ecological yield Effective population size Intraspecific competition Logistic function Malthusian growth model Maximum sustainable yield Overpopulation in wild animals Overexploitation Population cycle Population dynamics Population modeling Population size Predator–prey (Lotka–Volterra) equations Recruitment Resilience Small population size Stability
Community ecology (synecology)	Antibiosis Biological interaction Commensalism Community/Biocoenosis Ecological facilitation Interspecific competition Mutualism Storage effect
Spatial ecology	Biogeography Cross-boundary subsidy Ecocline Ecotone Ecotype Disturbance Edge effects Foster's rule Habitat fragmentation Ideal free distribution Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis Island biogeography Landscape ecology Landscape epidemiology Landscape limnology Metapopulation Patch dynamics r/K selection theory Source–sink dynamics
Behavioral ecology	Defense/counter Anti-predator adaptations Animal coloration Antipredator adaptation Camouflage Deimatic behaviour Herbivore adaptations to plant defense Mimicry Plant defense against herbivory Predator avoidance in schooling fish Feeding Mating system Parental investment
Niche topics	Ecological niche Ecological trap Ecosystem engineer Environmental niche modelling Guild Habitat Marine habitats Limiting similarity Niche apportionment models Niche construction Niche differentiation
Biodiversity and species topics	Density-dependent inhibition Ecological effects of biodiversity Ecological extinction Endemic species Flagship species Gradient analysis Indicator species Introduced species Invasive species Keystone species Latitudinal gradients in species diversity Minimum viable population Neutral theory Occupancy–abundance relationship Population viability analysis Priority effect Rapoport's rule Relative abundance distribution Relative species abundance Species diversity Species homogeneity Species richness Species distribution Species-area curve Umbrella species
Theories	Assembly rules Bateman's principle Bioluminescence Ecological collapse Ecological debt Ecological deficit Ecological energetics Ecological indicator Ecological threshold Ecosystem diversity Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere
Other	Allometry Alternative stable state Balance of nature Biological data visualization Constructal theory Ecocline Ecological economics Ecological footprint Ecological forecasting Ecological humanities Ecological stoichiometry Ecopath Ecosystem based fisheries Endolith Evolutionary ecology Functional ecology Industrial ecology Macroecology Microecosystem Natural environment Regime shift Systems ecology Theoretical ecology

v t e Ecosystem ecology: Modelling ecosystems
Concepts	Biogeochemical cycle Biotic component Biotic stress Ecosystem Ecosystem ecology Ecosystem model Non-trophic components Abiotic component Abiotic stress Non-trophic networks
Producers	Autotrophs Chemosynthesis Chemotrophs Foundation species Mixotrophs Myco-heterotrophy Mycotroph Organotrophs Photoheterotrophs Photosynthesis Photosynthetic efficiency Phototrophs Primary nutritional groups Primary production
Consumers	Apex predator Bacterivore Carnivores Chemoorganotroph Foraging Generalist and specialist species Intraguild predation Herbivores Heterotroph Heterotrophic nutrition Insectivore Mesopredator release hypothesis Omnivores Optimal foraging theory Predation Prey switching
Decomposers	Chemoorganoheterotrophy Decomposition Detritivores Detritus
Microorganisms	Archaea Bacteriophage Environmental microbiology Lithoautotroph Lithotrophy Microbial cooperation Microbial ecology Microbial food web Microbial intelligence Microbial loop Microbial mat Microbial metabolism Phage ecology
Food webs	Biomagnification Ecological efficiency Ecological pyramid Energy flow Food chain Trophic level
Example webs	Cold seeps Hydrothermal vents Intertidal Kelp forests Lakes North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Rivers San Francisco Estuary Soil Tide pool
Processes	Ascendency Bioaccumulation Cascade effect Climax community Competitive exclusion principle Consumer-resource systems Copiotrophs Dominance Ecological network Ecological succession Energy quality Energy Systems Language f-ratio Feed conversion ratio Feeding frenzy Mesotrophic soil Nutrient cycle Oligotroph Paradox of the plankton Trophic cascade Trophic mutualism Trophic state index
List of ecology topics

Well this is certainly a radical remodelling of the template. But can you explain why your changes are significant improvements? --Epipelagic (talk) 08:28, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- I think WP is missing a template on general Ecology topics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.101.125.249 (talk) 17:25, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed... but that is not a reason to pull apart the ecosystem template. --Epipelagic (talk) 00:19, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clarify title[edit]

Can you please clarify this title. I and I think most readers will have no idea what it means or what contents to expect in this navbox. Thanks, Tom (LT) (talk) 22:27, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]