synecology
English
Noun
synecology (usually uncountable, plural synecologies)
- (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
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Translations
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)
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