English

Alternative forms

• œcology (archaic)

Noun

ecology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)

1. The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
   • 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides

     As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.

   • 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:

     As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

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Related terms

• ecology block

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References

• ecology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of ecology