autecology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek via Latin auto- (“on itself”) +‎ ecology.

Noun

autecology (usually uncountable, plural autecologies)

1. one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
   • 1959: Odum, '

     In regard to subdivisions, ecology is commonly divided into autecology and synecology.

Derived terms

• autecologist

 

Translations

one of two broad subdivisions of ecology

• Finnish: autekologia
• French: autécologie (fr) f
• Irish: uathéiceolaíocht f
• Italian: autoecologia f
• Khmer: រូបិយបរិស្ថានវិទ្យា (ruupəyyeaʔbɑɑreʔstʰaanvityie)
• Polish: autekologia (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: autekologija (sh) f

See also

• synecology

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967