The word ecology was coined by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, who applied the term oekologie to the “relation of the animal both to its organic as well as its inorganic environment.” The word comes from the Greek oikos, meaning “household,” “home,” or “place to live.” Thus, ecology deals with the organism and its ...

It may be summarized as the study of the interactions between organisms, their physical environment as mediated by urban form, together with the tangible and intangible systems – social, economic, technological – which characterize our city habitats.

Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them.

What are basic ecological terms? Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, habitat, abiotic, biotic.