Definitions
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- noun The science of ecology.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of biologic science which treats of the conditions under which organisms live in their natural homes; the economics of biology; œcology (which see).
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- noun The
study of anorganism and itsrelation to itsenvironment ;ecology .
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- noun the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Etymologies
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Examples
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The latter science is called bionomics; the former physiology.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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[80], can be improved by combining them with summaries of the species-specific life history characteristics or "bionomics" of the DVS.
PLoS Medicine: New Articles Simon I. Hay et al. 2010
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Another one is an amusing critique of people who coined some nonsense called “bionomics” that is supposed to be the confluence of biology and economics, but has little to do with either.
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In this paper it is examined how weather influences the bionomics of migrant pests and the application of this examination to forecasting outbreaks is discussed.
1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures. 1992
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The bionomics, allies, parasites, and the relations to human disease.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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Still more impressive than the progress of palæontology is that of systematic biology and bionomics, branches to which a thousand modern scientists have devoted the entire energy of their lives.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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During the same period immense progress has been made in bionomics, palæontology, morphology, physiology, and, indeed, all biological sciences.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Both physiology and bionomics not only describe and compare, but also inquire into the proximate causes of the various activities, and are thus intimately related to physics and chemistry, and at the same time are of paramount importance for the philosophy of life and of plant and animal activity.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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He also knew many physiological facts, and made several discoveries in bionomics which were rediscovered only in the nineteenth century.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Mendelism and mutation to cover the of bionomics and evolution.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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