Which science concepts in ecological literacy do some researchers believe are most important for the K-12 curriculum?

- energy dynamics

- energy flow

- species diversity

- materials cycling

- food webs

- ecological succession

- biogeography

- natural selection

- species diversity

- ecosystem succession

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Independent Commission on Environmental Education. (1997). Are We Building Environmental Literacy? Washington, DC: Author.
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Morrone, M.; Manci, K. & Carr, K. (2001). Development of a metric test group differences in ecological knowledge as one component of environmental literacy, Journal of Environmental Education, 32(4), 33-42.