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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > ecology > population ecology
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > ecology > population ecology
Preferred Term:

population ecology

Definition:
The field of ecology dealing with the dynamics of populations within species, and the patterns in space and time of the interactions of these populations with environmental factors.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
ecology
Narrower Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • autecology
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/13988
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