biocenology


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bi·o·ce·nol·o·gy

 (bī′ō-sə-nŏl′ə-jē)
n. Ecology
The study of communities in nature and of interactions among their members.
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The ecological paradigms to which they referred in their studies were basically two: the Biocenology and the Biogeocenology.
Troll C.--1971--Landscape ecology (geoecology) and biocenology. Terminological study--Geoforum 8: 43-46.