What is the difference between synecology and ecology?
synecology | ecology | Derived terms |
(ecology) One of two broad subdivisions of ecology (the other being autecology), meaning the study of groups of organisms associated as a unit (essentially a biological community).
*1959':"In regard to subdivisions, ecology is commonly divided into autecology and ' synecology ." — Odum
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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Ecology is a derived term of synecology.
As nouns the difference between synecology and ecology
is that synecology is one of two broad subdivisions of ecology (the other being autecology), meaning the study of groups of organisms associated as a unit (essentially a biological community) while ecology is the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.synecology
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*synecological *synecologically *synecologist English words suffixed with -ologyecology
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- 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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