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hydroecology

hydroecology noun: the study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.

Noun

hydroecology (uncountable)

  1. The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
    • Ecological Studies in the Vegetation of the Near Eastern Deserts V. The Zygophylletum dumosi and Its Hydroecology in the Negev of Israel1954, M. Zohary, G. Orshan, “Ecological Studies in the Vegetation of the Near Eastern Deserts V. The Zygophylletum dumosi and Its Hydroecology in the Negev of Israel”, in Vegetatio, volume 5/6...
    • Hydroecology of the grass-associations found at the dams along the Upper-Tisza1984, Gy. Bodrogközy, “Hydroecology of the grass-associations found at the dams along the Upper-Tisza”, in Tiscia, volume XIX, title, page 89

Forms of hydroecology

alternative formhydro-ecology

Origin of hydroecology

From hydro- + ecology.

Questions about hydroecology

What does hydroecology mean?
Hydroecology means the study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
What part of speech is hydroecology?
Hydroecology is a noun.

Words near hydroecology in the dictionary

  1. hydrodynamometers
  2. hydroecia
  3. hydroecium
  4. hydroecologic
  5. hydroecological
  6. hydroecology
  7. hydroeconomic
  8. hydroeconomics
  9. hydroecoregion
  10. hydroecoregions
  11. hydroelastic

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