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ecology  n.  (Biol.) The branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.






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"Ecology" Quotes from Famous Books



... Certainly few modern text-books take such a broad and sane view of living creatures. Aristotle never forgets that form and structure are but one of the many properties of living things; he takes quite as much interest in their behaviour, their ecology, distribution, comparative physiology. He takes a special interest in the comparative physiology of reproduction. The Historia Animalium contains a description of the form and structure of man ...
— Form and Function - A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology • E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

... the two reports, my friend," said Mazechazz, "but I am not so familiar with your planetary ecology as I should be. When Mureess applied for admission to the Combine, I requested a copy of their secret directive from Biology, but I had never seen the older report until you gave it to me just now. Can you explain the names to me, if ...
— Join Our Gang? • Sterling E. Lanier



Words linked to "Ecology" :   endemic, ecologist, palaeoecology, biotic community, biological science, widely distributed, food web, association, eutrophic, ecological, environmental science, biology, ecological niche, environment, food cycle, ecologic, human ecology, food pyramid, establishment, food chain, succession



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