English > environmental science: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment / environment. |
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| Synonyms | ecology, bionomics |
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| Category of | association | (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species |
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| community, biotic community | (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other |
| cosmopolitan, widely distributed | Growing or occurring in many parts of the world |
| endemic | Native to or confined to a certain region |
| establishment, ecesis | (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat |
| food chain | (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member |
| food pyramid | (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top |
| food web, food cycle | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains |
| niche, ecological niche | (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) |
| succession, ecological succession | (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established |
| Narrower | paleoecology, palaeoecology | The branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology |
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| Broader | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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| Spanish | bionomía, ecología |
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| Catalan | bionomía, ecologia |
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