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Ecology — Titre abrégé Ecology Discipline Écologie Langue Anglais … Wikipédia en Français
ecology — is the scientific study of the interactions that determine the territorial distribution and abundance of organisms. The term was first used scientifically in 1869 by the German biologist Haekel in a study of plant ecology. Darwin s theory of the… … Dictionary of sociology
ecology — UK US /iːˈkɒlədʒi/ noun [U or C] ► ENVIRONMENT the relationship between living things and their environment: »The developments will extend further into the shore, so further destroying the river s ecology. ► WORKPLACE, COMMERCE the relationship… … Financial and business terms
ecology — ([ e]*k[o^]l [ o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. o i^kos house + logy.] (Biol.) the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ecology — has spread rapidly in the 20c from technical to general use to mean ‘the study of the interaction of people with their natural environment’. An earlier spelling oecology, reflecting its origin in the Greek word oikos meaning ‘house’ (the same… … Modern English usage
Ecology — ist ein Journal auf dem Feld der ökologischen Grundlagenforschung und angewandter Ökologie. Es wird herausgegeben von der Ecological Society of America und gehört zu deren Fachjournal Familie. Managing Editor (Schriftleiter) ist J. David Baldwin… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ecology — noun antipollution project, bioecology, bionomics, conservation, environmental science, environmental studies, human environment, maintenance, management of natural resources, natural science, nature study, pollution control, preservation,… … Law dictionary
ecology — 1873, branch of science dealing with the relationship of living things to their environments, coined by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834 1919) as Okologie, from Gk. oikos house, dwelling place, habitation (see VILLA (Cf. villa)) + logia study … Etymology dictionary
ecology — [n] environmental science bionomics, conservation, preservation; concepts 134,257 … New thesaurus
ecology — ► NOUN ▪ the branch of biology concerned with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. DERIVATIVES ecological adjective ecologically adverb ecologist noun. ORIGIN from Greek oikos house … English terms dictionary
ecology — [ē käl′ə jē] n. [Ger ökologie < Gr oikos (see ECO ) + logia, LOGY] 1. a) the branch of biology that deals with the relations between living organisms and their environment b) the complex of relations between a specific organism and its… … English World dictionary
