paleoecology
noun
pa·leo·ecol·o·gy ˌpā-lē-ō-i-ˈkä-lə-jē 
-e-ˈkä-
: a branch of ecology that is concerned with the characteristics of ancient environments and with their relationships to ancient plants and animals
paleoecological
ˌpā-lē-ō-ˌē-kə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
adjective -ˌe-kə-
or less commonly paleoecologic
ˌpā-lē-ō-ˌē-kə-ˈlä-jik
-ˌe-kə-
paleoecologist
ˌpā-lē-ō-i-ˈkä-lə-jist
noun -e-ˈkä-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web His own work has focused on the paleoecology of the Southwest Wilderness World Heritage Area of Tasmania (Lutruwita), more than 6,000 square kilometers of some of Australia’s most biodiverse landscapes. 
Quanta Magazine, 29 Nov. 2021 Her fields of study include evolution and paleoecology. Erica Goode, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018 An adjunct professor in anthropology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Crockford's fields of study include evolution and paleoecology. Author: Erica Goode, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 John Hoffecker, who studies the paleoecology of Beringia at the University of Colorado-Boulder, says there is still plenty of room for debate about the geographic locations of the ancestral splits. Ben Potter, National Geographic, 3 Jan. 2018 This is the philosophy of Keith Dobney, a professor of human paleoecology at the University of Liverpool and a co-author of a new study that draws some remarkable conclusions about the lives of Neanderthals by peering beneath their dental enamel. The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2017 At least three different elephants existed in the area at the time,but, based upon fossil abundance and the paleoecology of the elephants, the researchers suggest that the tracks were created by Stegotetrabelodon. Brian Switek, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2012 See More
Quanta Magazine, 29 Nov. 2021 Her fields of study include evolution and paleoecology. Erica Goode, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018 An adjunct professor in anthropology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Crockford's fields of study include evolution and paleoecology. Author: Erica Goode, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 John Hoffecker, who studies the paleoecology of Beringia at the University of Colorado-Boulder, says there is still plenty of room for debate about the geographic locations of the ancestral splits. Ben Potter, National Geographic, 3 Jan. 2018 This is the philosophy of Keith Dobney, a professor of human paleoecology at the University of Liverpool and a co-author of a new study that draws some remarkable conclusions about the lives of Neanderthals by peering beneath their dental enamel. The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2017 At least three different elephants existed in the area at the time,but, based upon fossil abundance and the paleoecology of the elephants, the researchers suggest that the tracks were created by Stegotetrabelodon. Brian Switek, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2012 See More Word History
Etymology
paleo- + ecology
First Known Use
1898, in the meaning defined above