English

Noun

autecology

1. one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
   • 1959 CE: Odum,

     In regard to subdivisions, ecology is commonly divided into autecology and synecology.

Translations

See also

• synecology

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967