autecology

noun aut·ecol·o·gy \ˌȯ-ti-ˈkä-lə-jē, ˌȯt-ē-\

Definition of AUTECOLOGY

: ecology dealing with individual organisms or individual species of organisms

— aut·eco·log·i·cal \ˌȯt-ˌē-kə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, -ˌe-kə-\ adjective

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use: 1910

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