ecology

Pronunciation:			i'kâlujee
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Matching Terms:			ecologic, ecological, ecological density, ecological determinism, ecological isolation, ecological niche, ecological protection, ecological restoration, ecological succession, ecological system, ecologically, ecologist
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment [n]  the environment as it relates to living organisms; "it changed the ecology of the island"
	Synonyms:		bionomics, environmental science
	See Also:		biological science, biology, environment, palaeoecology, paleoecology
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		The scientific study of the relationship of organisms to each other and to their environment.
Glossary
	Definition:		The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other. the study of the dynamic relationships of organisms to each other and the total environment.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, astrobiology, autecology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, commensality, comparative anatomy, conchology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecoclimate, ecodeme, ecosystem, electrobiology, element, embryology, entomology, enzymology, ethnobiology, ethology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, life science, malacology, mammalogy, medium, microbiology, molecular biology, ornithology, parasitism, pharmacology, physiology, protozoology, radiobiology, symbiosis, symbiotics, synecology, taxidermy, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy