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行動生態学 (こうどうせいたいがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

行こう動どう生せい態たい学がく

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Meanings

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noun

behavioral ecology

Academic field studying the evolutionary basis of animal behavior in relation to ecological pressures.

行こう動どう生せい態たい学がくは、動どう物ぶつの行こう動どうを進しん化かの視し点てんから研けん究きゅうする学がく問もんです。
Behavioral ecology is a discipline that studies animal behavior from an evolutionary perspective.

Kanji

行going, journey, carry out

動move, motion, change

生life, genuine, birth

態attitude, condition, figure

学study, learning, science

Similar words

生せい態たい学がく
Ecology broadly; 行動生態学 specifically focuses on behavior within ecological contexts.
動どう物ぶつ行こう動どう学がく
Ethology; often overlaps but 行動生態学 emphasizes ecological and evolutionary explanations.

Etymology

Compound of 行動 (behavior) + 生態学 (ecology). A modern academic term.