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NALT Core

Fields of Study
ecology
population ecology

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ecology
population ecology

Preferred term

population ecology

Type

Topic

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.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Concept scheme: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

ecology

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Synonyms

autecology

In other languages

ecología poblacional

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/13988

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