Are there laws in ecology?

Question

Are there clearly defined ecological laws, as in the science of physics? If not, why is this the case?

Answer 1

Technically, there are, but ecology primarily borrows from other universal laws. This is mainly due to the fact that ecology shares similar ideas to other biological sciences such as: 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics, rules of stoichiometry, Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection, etc. Many of these laws overlap into broader ideas within the field of ecology. There are other laws, but I don't think there are clearly defined laws specific to ecology. There are propositions for several laws but they can also relate to other fields too.

Ecology proposed laws

1. law of inoptimum
2. law of aphasy
3. law of tolerance
4. law of valence
5. law of competition-cooperation
6. law of the continuum
7. law of cornering
8. law of persistence
9. law of evolutionary opportunity
10. law of ecesis
11. law of succession
12. law of regional climax
13. law of factorial control
14. law of association segregation
15. law of geoecological distribution
16. law of climatic stress
17. law of biological spectra
18. law of vegetation regime
19. law of zonal equivalence
20. law of irreversibility
21. law of specific integrity
22. law of phylogenetic trends
23. law of migration
24. law of differential evolution
25. law of availability
26. law of geological alternation
27. law of domestication