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nounthe branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
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"it changed the ecology of the island"nounthe environment as it relates to living organismstype of:
Definition that contains ecology
- community (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
- association (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
- establishment (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- gynecologist a specialist in gynecology
- succession (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
- niche (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
- ecological of or relating to the science of ecology
- gynaecologist a specialist in gynecology
- ecologically with respect to ecology
- gynaecological of or relating to or practicing gynecology