ecology

Meaning

Noun

• The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• agroecology
• autecology
• chemical ecology
• dendroecology
• ethnoecology
• geoecology
• hydroecology
• macroecology
• myrmecology
• palaeoecology
• paleoecology
• photoecology
• radioecology
• restoration ecology
• social ecology
• socioecology
• synecology

Origin

• (coined by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος ("house") + -λογία. By surface analysis, eco-- + --logy.