autecology
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin auto- (“on itself”) + ecology.
Noun
autecology
- one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
- 1959: Odum,
- In regard to subdivisions, ecology is commonly divided into autecology and synecology.
- 1959: Odum,
Translations
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology
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See also
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967