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e·col·o·gy

 (ĭ-kŏl′ə-jē)
n. pl. e·col·o·gies
1.
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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ecologist - a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
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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
ekologi
ökológus
vistfræîingur
環境学者
ecologistaecólogo
çevrebilimci

ecologist

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

[ɪˈkɒlədʒɪst] nécologiste mf
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ecologist

nÖkologe 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.
NATURE lovers are urging council chiefs to appoint a city ecologist to protect Coventry's remaining green areas and the wildlife.
Gill, an ecologist at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England.
He's a wildlife ecologist at Michigan Technological University in Houghton.
"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.
Savage, a former geography professor turned restoration ecologist, is helping the San Juan Pueblo restore their watershed forests.
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.
"We thought we knew what was going to happen," says Terry Franklin, a forest ecologist at the University of Washington.
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.
David Tilman, an eminent ecologist at the University of Minnesota, chaired the NAS appraisal of NEON.
An ecologist, Mr Habib Omotosho, has urged government at all levels to address the issue of situating dumps 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.

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