environmental science
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1. the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment (noun.cognition)
| domain member category | : | biotic community, community, |
| definition | : | (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | association, |
| definition | : | (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | food chain, |
| definition | : | (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain member category | : | food pyramid, |
| definition | : | (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain member category | : | food cycle, food web, |
| definition | : | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain member category | : | ecesis, establishment, |
| definition | : | (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | ecological succession, succession, |
| definition | : | (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | ecological niche, niche, |
| definition | : | (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | endemic, |
| definition | : | native to or confined to a certain region (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | ecologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | eutrophic, |
| definition | : | (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | ecologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | eutrophic, |
| definition | : | (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication (adj.pert) |
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