autecology

[‚ȯd·i′käl·ə·jē]

(ecology)

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Autecology

a branch of ecology devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the reactions of plant and animal species to environmental factors and the way of life of a species.

Autecology includes the ecology of individuals, which considers standard responses to environmental factors, and the ecology of populations, which studies intraspecific organization. Autecology contrasts with synecology, which studies the life of communities (different species of animals, plants, and microorganisms). The most important problem in autecology is the study of the dynamics of animal populations and the biomass of organisms of a particular species.

REFERENCES

Kashkarov, D. N. Osnovy ekologii zhivotnykh, 2nd ed. Leningrad, 1944.
Naumov, N. P. Ekologiia zhivotnykh, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1963.
Macfadyen, A. Ekologiia zhivotnykh. Moscow, 1965. (Translated from English.)

N. P. NAUMOV

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The present paper represents one of the few studies on autecology of invasive bleak in the Iberian Peninsula (see other two examples in Vinyoles et al.

Inter-population plasticity in growth and reproduction of invasive bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Cyprinidae, Actinopterygii), in northeastern Iberian Peninsula

Walter and Hengeveld present the philosophy and methods of autecology, or an ecological approach focused on individual organisms and their interactions, in contrast to demographic ecology.

Autecology: Organisms, Interactions and Environmental Dynamics

Autecology and morphology of selected Vaucheria species (Xanthophyceae).

First findings of the benthic macroalgae Vaucheria cf. dichotoma (Xanthophyceae) and Punctaria tenuissima (Phaeophyceae) in Estonian coastal waters/Bentiliste makrovetikate Vaucheria cf. dichotoma ja Punctaria tenuissima esmaleiud Eesti rannikumeres

Chapter eight can be considered a subdiscipline of ecology referred to as autecology. Daubenmire's (1974) textbook is an excellent introduction to the subject, and there are chapters on the autecology of bryophytes in Smith's (1982) tome mentioned previously.

Vanderpoorten, A. and B. Goffinet. Introduction to Bryophytes

An autecology study of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.) in southwestern Utah.

Morphological and anatomical characteristics of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.) leaves: a review of literature

[Review of Daubenmire RF, 1947, Plants and Environment: A Textbook of Plant Autecology.] Science 108(2792):21-22.

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Autecology and population structure of Trimerotropis occidentalis (Bruner) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae), a grasshopper with a reproductive dormancy.

Analysis of body size and fecundity in a grasshopper

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Neuroecology, chemical defense, and the keystone species concept

Abiotic factors include both physical and chemical characteristics of a stream (i.e., depth, current velocity, substrate, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity) and can affect assemblages based on the autecology of species (Whiteside & McNatt 1972; Matthews 1998).

Spatial and temporal patterns in the fish assemblage of the Blanco River, Texas

Much of our current understanding of the autecology and ecological role of fish populations is derived from studies of diet based on analysis of stomach contents (Windell & Bowen, 1978).

Dietary importance of various prey fishes for pikeperch Sander lucioperca (L.) in large shallow lake Vortsjarv (Estonia)/Uksikute saakkalaliikide osatahtsus koha Sander lucioperca (L.) toidus Vortsjarves