Synecology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The study of the ecological interrelationships among communities of organisms.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One of two broad subdivisions of ecology (the other being autecology), meaning the study of groups of organisms associated as a unit (essentially a biological community).
  • Word Usage
    "This contrasts with synecology, attending more to the community dimension and the sort of organizing principles that Diamond saw among the Bismarck Archipelago birds."