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- noun The study of the ecological interrelationships among communities of organisms.
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- noun ecology One of two broad subdivisions of ecology (the other being
autecology ), meaning the study of groups of organisms associated as a unit (essentially a biologicalcommunity ).
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Examples
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In my approach, the notion of gene pool is replaced by a new concept of genocenosis, and its transformation is described in terms of successions, clymaxes, and other analogs of synecology concepts.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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This contrasts with synecology, attending more to the community dimension and the sort of organizing principles that Diamond saw among the Bismarck Archipelago birds.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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This contrasts with synecology, attending more to the community dimension and the sort of organizing principles that Diamond saw among the Bismarck Archipelago birds.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
qroqqa commented on the word synecology
This is the basic concept of ecology, and especially of synecology (the ecology of communities of species living together).
—New Scientist, 6 September 2008
September 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the word synecology
Compare autecology.
October 24, 2008