单词 | synecology |
释义 | synecologyn. Ecology. The study of the relationships between the environment and a community of organisms occupying it (see community n. 7). Also: the relationships themselves. Contrasted with autecology. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > ecology ecology1875 hexiology1880 bionomics1888 human ecology1907 autecology1910 synecology1910 bioecology1923 genecology1923 socioecology1952 radioecology1956 deep ecology1972 1910 Proc. 3rd Internat. Bot. Congr. I. 266 M. Shull... Synoekology of particular regions. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 607/1 The first contributions to what is now called synecology, or perhaps better biocoenology, or the study of biological communities..were devoted solely to plants. 1977 A. 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). 2008 New Scientist 6 Sept. 54/4 A glance at the landscape of Europe, for example, shows how hugely and quickly humans have transformed its ecology, and by extension their own place in its synecology. Derivatives syneˈcologist n. an expert or specialist in synecology. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > person who studies > [noun] > ecology migrationist1845 marine biologist1885 synecologist1913 ecologist1930 hydro-biologist1932 cryobiologist1962 saprobiologist1965 1913 Jrnl. Ecol. 1 29 It is the business of British synecologists to express this very obvious correlation in their nomenclature. 1974 Nature 7 June 599/2 Autecological studies pour out increasing quantities of details for synecologists to work on. 2006 J. V. McArthur Microbial Ecol. iv. 59 In any given ecosystem, a synecologist would seek to describe the processes and consortia carrying out that process. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1910 |
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