Autecology vs. Ecology

Autecologynoun

one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.

Autecology

Autecology is an approach in ecology that seeks to explain the distribution and abundance of species by studying interactions of individual organisms with their environments. An autecological approach differs from both community ecology (synecology) and population ecology by greater recognition of the species-specific adaptations of individual animals, plants or other organisms, and of environmental over density-dependent influences on species distributions.

Ecologynoun

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

Ecologynoun

the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.

Ecologynoun

the environment as it relates to living organisms;

Ecologynoun

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

Ecology

Ecology (from Greek: οἶκος, and -λογία, ) is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment [1], [2]. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystems, and biosphere level.