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- Ecology (oekologies) - proposed by German biologist – Ernst Haekel (1869). Greek work oikos –house (place to live), logos – discourse or study.
- Ecology: Relationships between organisms or groups of organisms to their environment.
- Environment: Physical environment (non-living environment and biotic environment (living).
- Habitat Ecology: Study of habitat (forests, grasslands, deserts, mountains, water bodies, etc). Examples, Marine ecology, Fresh water ecology, Forest ecology, Grassland ecology, Desert ecology, mountain ecology, etc.).
- Autoecology: Study of single species or individual ecology e.g.: tiger, ecology, deer ecology, snow leopard ecology.
- Gynecology: Study of groups of organisms – plant ecology, animal ecology, forest ecology, cropland ecology, etc.
- Population ecology: Study of a population of animals or plants.
- Community Ecology: The study of the animals and plants forming a community.
- Ecosystem: Physical environment and organisms of a habitat form an ecological complex or ecosystem.
- Biosphere or Ecosphere: The portion of the earth in which ecosystems operate
- Taxonomic lines: Plant ecology, insect ecology, vertebrate ecology, avian ecology, vertebrate ecology, etc.
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