synecology

noun

syn·ecol·o·gy ˌsi-ni-ˈkä-lə-jē

ˌsi-ne-

: a branch of ecology that deals with the structure, development, and distribution of ecological communities

synecological

ˌsi-ˌnē-kə-ˈlä-ji-kəl

ˌsi-ˌne-

adjective

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Synökologie, from syn- syn- + Ökologie ecology

Note: The term was introduced by Carl Schröter and Oskar von Kirchner in Die Vegetation des Bodensees, 2. Teil (Lindau i.B., 1902), p. 63. Compare autecology.

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1910, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of synecology was in 1910

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