e·col·o·gy

(ĭ-kŏl′ə-jē)

n. pl. e·col·o·gies

a. The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments.

b. The relationship between organisms and their environment.

[German Ökologie : Greek oikos, house; see weik- in Indo-European roots + German -logie, study (from Greek -logiā, -logy).]

ec′o·log′i·cal (ĕk′ə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl, ē′kə-), ec′o·log′ic (-ĭk) adj.

ec′o·log′i·cal·ly adv.

e·col′o·gist n.

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Noun

ecologist - a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment

biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms

ecologist

noun environmentalist, green, friend of the earth, tree-hugger (informal, derogatory) Ecologists say the spread of the algae has been caused by increased pollution.

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Translations

عالِم بيئَه

ekolog

økolog

Ökologe Ökologin

ecóloga ecologista ecólogo

ekologi

écologiste écologue

ökológus

vistfræîingur

ecologo ecologista

環境学者

ecoloog

økolog

ecologistaecólogo

çevrebilimci

生态学家

ecologist

[ɪˈkɒlədʒɪst] N (= scientist) → ecólogo/a m/f; (= conservationist) → ecologista mf

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ecologist

[ɪˈkɒlədʒɪst] n → écologiste mf

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ecologist

n → Ökologe m, → Ökologin f

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ecologist

[ɪˈkɒlədʒɪst] n (scientist) → ecologo/a; (conservationist) → ecologista m/f

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ecology

(iˈkolədʒi) noun

(the study of) living things considered in relation to their environment. Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.

eˈcologist noun

ˌecoˈlogical (iː-) adjective

ˌecoˈlogically adverb

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AN ECOLOGIST with a North Wales company says it is increasingly important that developers consider the potential impact of construction projects on the environment.

It's time to turn green

NATURE lovers are urging council chiefs to appoint a city ecologist to protect Coventry's remaining green areas and the wildlife.

Campaigners' call to go greener

Gill, an ecologist at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England.

Balancing act: El Ninos and dust both affect coral bleaching

He's a wildlife ecologist at Michigan Technological University in Houghton.

Missing moose

"Scientists had a very strong role in the recovery of the region, and Congress listened to them," says ecologist Virginia Dale of the Washington Native Plant Society.

Learning from Mount St. Helens

Savage, a former geography professor turned restoration ecologist, is helping the San Juan Pueblo restore their watershed forests.

Restoring the forest: putting the woods back the way it was is expensive and the species are ever-changing. In many cases, though, it's worth it. Read on

Ecologist John Dover, from the School of Sciences at the university, believes the lanes act as biodiversity reservoirs in farmland as they are protected by the hedges or walls from being sprayed with pesticides and herbicides.

'Protect hidden green jewels' Branching out: Keeping track of wildlife in 'secret' lane

"We thought we knew what was going to happen," says Terry Franklin, a forest ecologist at the University of Washington.

America's Most Dangerous VOLCANO

Peter Yankov, an ecologist at the Poda Nature Conservation Centre of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), in an interview with Focus News Agency."Of course, different species of birds migrate at different times.

The Migration of Birds from Bulgaria has Already Begun and is in Full Swing

David Tilman, an eminent ecologist at the University of Minnesota, chaired the NAS appraisal of NEON.

Will NEON Kill Ecology? Efforts by the National Science Foundation to turn ecology into Big Data science may have bombed

An ecologist, Mr Habib Omotosho, has urged government at all levels to address the issue of situating dumps close to residential areas.

Ecologist Cautions Against Situating Dumpsites Close To Residential Areas

"Because of the charisma of tigers, this species is completely ignored, even though it has a very important role," Ujjwal Kumar, WII Conservation Ecologist, told IANS, adding that the species is being pushed towards extinction at a dramatic pace.

In a first, scientists satellite collar a dhole -- a species on verge of extinction