Definitions
the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Word origin
Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.”
“social ecology”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Study of ecosystems”7 letters
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