The reason behavioral ecology interests me greatly is because there are so many different things that factor into it, and the wide range of things you can study. From environmental factors, to learned behaviors, the genetic variances, there are so many things that can determine why a certain organism lives and behaves the way it does. It would be interesting to see what the driving force behind certain behaviors are, and why it is better for the organism to live the way it does. Finding out if a certain way of doing something is better evolutionarily as a whole could tell you so much about an organism and the evolutionary pattern of that organism and its ancestors. The only way to study this would be by testing the success rate of different organisms in similar environments that act differently in similar situations. The behavior of organisms is, to me, that most interesting and variable part about ecology.
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Perhaps more specific
Perhaps more specific vocabulary can be imployed. Instead of writing "things," make it explicity immediately by replacing it with what "things" are being referred to.
Good suggestion
Good suggestion!
suggestion
I would replace phrases such as "so many" and "so much" with the words, numerous, profuse, vast, extensive, or tremendous. These replacements will help make your paragraph more formal.