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autoecology

autoecology is the alternative form of autecology.

Meaning of autecology

Noun

autecology (usually uncountable, plural autecologies)

  1. (usually) 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.

Questions about autoecology

What is autoecology the alternative form of?
Autoecology is the alternative form of autecology.

Words near autoecology in the dictionary

  1. autoecious
  2. autoeciously
  3. autoeciousness
  4. autoecism
  5. autoecological
  6. autoecology
  7. autoecy
  8. autoed
  9. autoeducation
  10. autoeducational
  11. autoeducative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autoecology (page history and authors); autecology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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