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synecology|sɪniːˈkɒlədʒɪ|
Also † synoekology.
[ad. G. synökologie (Schröter & Kirchner Die Vegetation des Bodensees (1902) II. ii. 63), f. syn-1 + ecology.]
The study of plant or animal communities.
1910Proc. 3rd Internat. Bot. Congr. I. 266 M. Shull... Synoekology of particular regions. 1911A. Tansley Types Brit. Veg. 3 The study of synecology is considerably in advance of autecology. 1936Nature 4 Apr. 565/1 Synecology cannot..be properly studied without a good taxonomic knowledge of the local flora. 1957[see biocœnology]. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 245 As in ecology, the concern is first with the individual or individual species (autecology), and then investigation proceeds to the assemblage as a whole (synecology).
Hence synecoˈlogical a.; syneˈcologist, a student of synecology.
1922Jrnl. Ecol. X. 14 Up to the present time most ecological work has been of an extensive (synecological) nature. 1938Nature 17 Dec. 1056/1 The synecologist has to name and ecologically to describe and classify the species components of the vegetation. 1940E. J. Salisbury in J. S. Huxley New Systematics 336 Each [species] has its value for synecological diagnosis. 1974Nature 7 June 599/2 Autecological studies pour out increasing quantities of details for synecologists to work on. 1976Ibid. 22 July p.x (Advt.), Duties: To carry out..synecological studies of aquatic plants in irrigation systems.
Add: synecoˈlogically adv., as regards synecology.
1961Webster, Synecologically. 1976Canad. Jrnl. Zool. LIV. 19 The status of the subfamily Pachytullbergiinae is discussed and all described species are synecologically characterized. |