This glossary of ecology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts in ecology and related fields. For more specific definitions from other glossaries related to ecology, see Glossary of biology, Glossary of evolutionary biology, and Glossary of environmental science.
A
<span id="autecology"></span>
B
<span id="biodiversity"></span>
<span id="biogeochemical cycle"></span>
<span id="biome"></span>
C
<span id="community"></span>
<span id="community ecology"></span>
<span id="competition"></span>
<span id="consumer"></span>
D
<span id="decomposer"></span>
<span id="decomposition"></span>
<span id="denitrification"></span>
<span id="disturbance"></span>
E
<span id="ecological succession"></span>
<span id="ecoregion"></span>
<span id="ecosystem"></span>
<span id="ecosystem ecology"></span>
<span id="endangered species"></span>
<span id="energy pyramid"></span>
<span id="ethology"></span>
<span id="extinction"></span>
F
<span id="fire ecology"></span>
<span id="fixed action pattern"></span>
<span id="food chain"></span>
<span id="food web"></span>
<span id="functional extinction"></span>
G
H
<span id="habitat"></span>
<span id="heterotroph"></span>
<span id="homeostasis"></span>
<span id="host"></span>
<span id="hydrologic cycle"></span>
<span id="hydrosphere"></span>
I
<span id="indicator species"></span>
<span id="interspecific competition"></span>
<span id="invasive species"></span>
J
K
<span id="keystone species"></span>
L
M
<span id="macroecology"></span>
<span id="microecology"></span>
<span id="molecular ecology"></span>
N
<span id="negative feedback loop"></span>
<span id="niche"></span>
<span id="nitrogen cycle"></span>
<span id="nutrient"></span>
<span id="nutrient cycle"></span>
O
P
<span id="permafrost"></span>
Q
R
<span id="range"></span>
<span id="resource"></span>
<span id="resource partitioning"></span>
<span id="restoration ecology"></span>
S
<span id="speciation"></span>
<span id="species diversity"></span>
<span id="species evenness"></span>
<span id="species richness"></span>
<span id="survivorship curve"></span>
<span id="symbiosis"></span>
<span id="symbiont"></span>
<span id="synecology"></span>
<span id="systems ecology"></span>
T
U
<span id="urban ecology"></span>
V
W
<span id="watershed"></span>
<span id="wildfire"></span>
<span id="wildlife"></span>
<span id="woodland"></span>
X
Y
Z
See also
- Outline of ecology
- History of ecology