Biodiversity vs Ecology - What's the difference?
biodiversity | ecology |
(biology) the diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region
The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
* 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart
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As nouns the difference between biodiversity and ecology
is that biodiversity is the diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region while ecology is the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.biodiversity
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Noun
(wikipedia biodiversity) (biodiversities)ecology
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(wikipedia ecology)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
- 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.
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