Definition of ecology Ecology

/ɪkɑˈlʌʤi/ - [ikalujee] - e•col•o•gy

We found 6 definitions of ecology from 5 different sources.

What does ecology mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: ecologies
ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
		bionomics, environmental science
		biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms
		palaeoecology, paleoecology the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology
ecology - the environment as it relates to living organisms; "it changed the ecology of the island"
		environment the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

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Wiktionary

ecology (Noun)
The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

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ecology
The study of the interrelationships between living organisms and their environment.

Wikipedia

Ecology is the science that studies the interactions of organisms with their environment and with one another. It comes from the Greek words "oikos" (habitat) and "logos" (study). It deals with energy relationships and tracing them to our sun, the source of energy used in photosynthesis.

Ecology, biology and other Life Sciences overlap with zoology and geography, which describe the things that ecology tries to predict, and energy economics which describes mostly human food chains and trophic levels.

Terrestrial ecoregion and climate change research are two areas where ecologists (people studying ecology) now focus.

Ecology in politics.

Ecology starts many powerful philosophical and political movements - including the conservation movement, wellness movement, environmental movement, and ecology movement we know today. When these are combined with peace movements and the Six Principles, they are called green movements. In general, these put ecosystem health first on a list of human moral and political priorities, as the way to achieve better human health and social harmony, and better economics.

People with these beliefs are called political ecologists. Some have organized into the Green Parties, but there are actually political ecologists in most political parties. They very often use arguments from ecology to advance policy, especially forest policy and energy policy.

Also, ecology means that it is the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between orga