(ecologies)
1.
Ecology is the study of the relationships between plants, animals, people, and their environment, and the balances between these relationships.
...a senior lecturer in ~.
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2.
When you talk about the ~ of a place, you are referring to the pattern and balance of relationships between plants, animals, people, and the environment in that place.
...the ~ of the rocky Negev desert in Israel.
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