Ecologist often say "whole is greater than the parts, but what does that mean? in my interpretation I thought of parts of a computer, some parts are more important than others, more delicate and useful. even though this singular piece is more important it is nothing without all the other parts. David Kinsley uses the example of plankton one of the most important species to the worlds wellbeing, feed animals lower in the food chain and provide convert carbon into oxygen. This example makes a more meaningful message for ecology and human kind, humans would starve and suffocate without the help…