Editing Applied ecology (section)

== Approaches ==
Applied ecologists often use one or more of the following approaches, namely, observation, experimentation, and modeling.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Ecology|date=2014|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9780444520333|location=Amsterdam|pages=230}}</ref> For example, a wildlife preservation project could involve: observational studies of the wildlife ecology;  experiments to understand causal relationships; and the application of modeling to determine the information beyond the scope of experimentation.<ref name=":1" />

The ecological approach used in applied ecology could include inputs from management strategies such as [[conservation biology]], [[restoration ecology]], global change, [[ecotoxicology]], [[biomonitoring]], [[biodiversity]], [[Environmental policy|environmental policies]], and [[economics]], among others.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology" /> Restoration ecology is a particularly prominent strategy in the discipline since it applies the principles of restoring and repairing damaged ecological systems to their original state.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Law and Ecology: The Rise of the Ecosystem Regime|last1=Brooks|first1=Richard O.|last2=Jones|first2=Ross|date=2017-07-05|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780754620389|location=Oxon|pages=21–22}}</ref>

Like those used in ecological theory, many areas of the discipline employ approaches that are based on simple statistical and analytic models (e.g. spatial models) as well as those with mathematical properties (e.g. matrix models).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Models in Ecosystem Science|last1=Canham|first1=Charles Draper William|last2=Cole|first2=Jonathan|last3=Lauenroth|first3=William K.|date=2003|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0691092885|location=Princeton, NJ|pages=63–64}}</ref> There is also the digital computer simulation modeling, which is designed to solve statistical ecology problems and to achieve bioeconomic goals such as the forecasting and the evaluation of consequences for specific activities.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Systems Analysis and Simulation in Ecology, Volume II|last=Patten|first=Bernard C.|date=1972|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9781483262772|location=New York|pages=329|language=en}}</ref>

Applied ecology also requires human interest, particularly the exercise of judgments of relative values and goals.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Concepts of Applied Ecology|last=DeSanto|first=R. S.|date=2012-12-06|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781461394341|location=New York|pages=124}}</ref>