ecology
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
fragile | animal, human, marine, plant
VERB + ECOLOGY
damage, disrupt
ECOLOGY + NOUN
movement
Definitions
noun
The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
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.
As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
social ecology
linguistic ecology
The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
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Synonyms
noun — the branch of biology concerned with the relations between o
- bionomics
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6As 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.
WiktionaryAs in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
Wiktionarysocial ecology
WiktionaryPollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
Tatoeba · #25709From the standpoint of ecology, Antarctica should be reserved solely for research, not for tourism or for commercial exploration.
Tatoeba · #65332Not just for the sake of the ecology, a natural living environment is necessary.
Tatoeba · #65333