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Ecology vs Ecologic - What's the difference?

ecology | ecologic |

As a noun ecology

is the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

As an adjective ecologic is

relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.

ecology

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

  • The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
  • * 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Robert M. Pringle , title=How to Be Manipulative , volume=100, issue=1, page=31 , magazine= citation , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}

    Derived terms

    * agroecology * autecology * chemical ecology * dendroecology * ecology block * ethnoecology * geoecology * hydroecology * macroecology * myrmecology * palaeoecology * paleoecology * photoecology * radioecology * restoration ecology * social ecology * socioecology * synecology

    ecologic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
  • Synonyms

    * bionomic * bionomical * ecological