noun
autecology; autoecology
Technical term in ecology referring to the study of individual organisms or species in relation to their environment, as opposed to community ecology.
個生態学は、ある種の環境への適応を研究する分野だ。
Autecology is a field that studies the adaptation of a species to its environment.
群生態学 (synecology) studies communities of organisms, while 個生態学 focuses on individual species.
Compound of 個 (individual) + 生態学 (ecology). A direct translation of the English term 'autecology'.