bioecologyn.
/ˌbʌɪəʊᵻˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊiˈkɑlədʒi/, /ˌbaɪoʊəˈkɑlədʒi/ Biology.
The ecology of organisms and their interactions with each other; the branch of science concerned with this.
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the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > ecology
ecology1875
hexiology1880
bionomics1888
human ecology1907
autecology1910
synecology1910
bioecology1923
genecology1923
socioecology1952
radioecology1956
deep ecology1972
1923 F. E. Clements et al. in Carnegie Inst. Washington Year Book 1922 355 The concept of the biome was advanced in 1915 to emphasize the importance of treating plants and animals together as mutually interacting members of a community... The entire field of bio-ecology has been sketched in outline to serve as a guide for further work.
1927 W. P. Taylor in Ecology 8 280 If the botanists persist in appropriating the term ecology as synonymous with plant ecology we shall be forced to domesticate the new term bio-ecology to take its place as referring to the whole field.
1983 Christian Sci. Monitor 29 Sept. 11 Now I receive letters from PhDs in ecology and bioecology who have invested a great deal of time and money in their field, and can't find jobs.
1999 Vet. Parasitol. 81 74 The problem of control is dictated by a lack of knowledge of the bioecology of the tick.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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