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environmentalism.</div></div></span></li></ol><div class="pzAb4KG141SuMsit5NFK"><hr/><div></div><hr/></div></div></section></div></div></section><section class="LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab" data-type="british-dictionary-entries-module"><div class=""><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="elMfuCTjKMwxtSEEnUsi">ecology</p><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"></div></div><div class="aB40zqNSml1nCbUuOh7V" data-type="pronunciation-toggle"><p>/ <!-- -->ɪˈkɒlədʒɪ<!-- --> /</p></div></section><section class="uLEIc6UAEiaBDDj6qSnO" data-type="part-of-speech-module"><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="british-ecology-noun"><h2>noun</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->the set of relationships of a particular organism with its environment</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->the study of the relationships between human groups and their physical environment</div></div></span></li></ol><footer class="AxYkjCDUNGVRDUdjTF4Q">“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012</footer></div></section></div></div></section><section class="LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab" data-type="scientific-dictionary-entries-module"><div class=""><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="elMfuCTjKMwxtSEEnUsi">ecology</p><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"></div></div><div class="aB40zqNSml1nCbUuOh7V" data-type="pronunciation-toggle"><p>/ <!-- -->ĭ-kŏl<strong>′</strong>ə-jē<!-- --> /</p></div></section><section class="uLEIc6UAEiaBDDj6qSnO" data-type="part-of-speech-module"><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="scientific-ecology-definitions"></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->The scientific study of the relationships between living things and their environments.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->Also called <!-- -->bionomics</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->A system of such relationships within a particular environment.</div></div></span></li></ol></div></section></div></div></section><section class="LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab" data-type="cultural-dictionary-entries-module"><div class="" id="cultural-ecology-definitions"><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="elMfuCTjKMwxtSEEnUsi">ecology</p><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"></div></div></section><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->The study of living things, their environment, and the relation between the two.</div></div></span></li></ol></div></div></section><div data-wknd-infeed-div="true"></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab"><section class="ZRyGSoOaZ3Rb9xtDl6NS" data-type="derived-forms"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT eEszY3Oh_xE_apygWxwy" id="derived-forms">Discover More</div><h2 class="SsrXR02mVCMwUHI7JiK1">Derived Forms</h2><ul><li><strong>eˈcologist</strong>, <span>noun</span></li></ul></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="ZScNxuAtfMdhoCsqbzGi" data-type="other-words-from"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT hFymlk9KE06_fSxWotl3" id="other-words-from">Discover More</div><h2 class="hjIscPSvedrZbuT26ZYc">Other Words From</h2><ul><li><strong>ec·o·log·i·cal<!-- --> </strong>[<!-- -->ek-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l, ee-k, uh, -<!-- -->]<!-- -->,<!-- --> <strong>ec·o·log·ic<!-- --> </strong>adjective</li><li><strong>ec·o·log·i·cal·ly<!-- --> </strong>adverb</li><li><strong>e·col·o·gist<!-- --> </strong>noun</li><li><strong>un·ec·o·log·i·cal<!-- --> </strong>adjective</li><li><strong>un·ec·o·log·i·cal·ly<!-- --> </strong>adverb</li></ul></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="bLQY4HuOoBYj7mHuUnvO" data-type="origins-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT v64dancTwzffhlHDy4y0" id="word-history-and-origins">Discover More</div><h2>Word History and Origins</h2><div class="yX4FEAQxKpoMaTLO2pCw"><p>Origin of<!-- --> <a class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" href="/browse/ecology">ecology<sup>1</sup></a></p><div>First recorded in <!-- -->1870–75; <!-- -->earlier <em>oecology, </em>from <em>German </em><em>Ökologie, </em>from <em>Greek </em><em>oîk(os) </em>“house, dwelling” + <a href="/browse/o">-o-</a> <!-- -->+ <em>German </em><em>-logie </em><a href="/browse/logy">-logy</a>;<!-- --> <!-- -->term introduced by E. 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They're successful generalists," Lucore said.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241129142919.htm" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Science Daily" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241129142919.htm" rel="nofollow">Science Daily</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>This model incorporates data on the thermal and evolutionary biology of common yet thermally sensitive corals, as well as their ecology.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241128200737.htm" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Science Daily" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241128200737.htm" rel="nofollow">Science 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