A researcher follows Great Horned Owls throughout Idaho. They collect the pellets and estimate the amount of DDT in the adult owls given what they are eating to follow the impacts this chemical has on owl reproduction. Define what level of ecological research is being addressed (population, community or ecosystem ecology) and explain your reasoning for why this study fits this ecological level. Solution The level of ecological research that is being addressed here is population.This is because, throughout Idaho,all the Great Horned Owls together make a population.Estimation that is being carried out is among all the members of the same species i.e Great Horned Owls.Further,in this ecological research,the effect of one variable i.e DDT on owl\'s reproduction is being studied which will give a clue as to if the population of owl is decreasing or increasing in response to DDT intake..